4 Tornadoes Confirmed In Connecticut: National Weather Service

OXFORD, CT — The National Weather Service has confirmed that two additional tornadoes touched down during the Tuesday storm in Connecticut. That brings the tornado total to four on top of several damaging macrobursts.

An EF1 tornado touched down in the northeast side of Winsted around 3:44 p.m. and had maximum wind speeds of 95 mph. It traveled for .7 miles and was 175 yards wide at its maximum. Several trees were uprooted and homes sustained minor structural damage. An eyewitness confirmed seeing a tornado.

Another EFU tornado struck the Barkhamsted Reservoir around 3:52 p.m. No damage was reported in the area, but public video confirmed a tornado. An EFU tornado designation is one that spins up over an inland lake that isn't a marine zone. Since there was no damage a rating can't be assigned.

Connecticut was abuzz Tuesday night when local meteorologists said a tornado touched down in the Oxford and Southbury area. There was plenty of photographic evidence showing other areas of the state that may have been hit by a tornado too including the Brookfield and Hamden areas.

Because of the devastation left behind by the storms in Connecticut, the National Weather Service sent a team of experts to check on the following towns including: Brookfield, Danbury, New Milford, Newtown, Oxford, Ridgefield, Southbury, Winsted, Bethany, Hamden, Cheshire and Durham.

The NWS confirmed late Wednesday two tornadoes touched down in Connecticut. One was in fact in Southbury and Oxford and the second was in the vicinity of Hamden and Beacon Falls.

The Brookfield area didn't receive a tornado but it did receive a "macroburst" with winds in excess of 100 mph. Three other tornadoes were confirmed in New York. Three people were killed in New York due to the storm and two died in Connecticut.

Here is the full summary from the National Weather Service and there will be more information released Thursday concerning other areas.

Near Hamden and Beacon Falls

...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED FROM BEACON FALLS CT TO HAMDEN CT...

A tornado touched down near the intersection of Bethany Road and Bonna Street in Beacon Falls, destroyed a barn in Bethany, and continued on to just west of Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden, where the damage path broadened and became more straight-line in nature. The tornado left a path of numerous uprooted and snapped hardwood and pine trees. Based on this information, this tornado is classified as an EF1 with maximum winds of 110 mph.

Southbury and Oxford

...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED FROM SOUTHBURY CT TO OXFORD CT...

A tornado touched down near the intersection of Route 67 and Burma Road in Southbury and continued southeast into Oxford, leaving a path of numerous uprooted and snapped pine trees and some hardwood trees. The tornado lifted after damaging the roof of the Great Oak School in Oxford. Based on this information, this tornado is classified as an EF1 with maximum winds of 100 mph.

Macroburst confirmed from New Fairfield to Brookfield

* Fatalities...2
* Injuries...1

Based on a National Weather Service storm survey, done in conjunction with the Connecticut State Police and the Town of Brookfield, it has been determined that a macroburst with maximum wind speeds of 110 mph impacted a swath about 3 miles in width and 9 miles in length from New Fairfield through Brookfield from
about 437 PM EDT to 453 PM EDT.

Numerous hardwood and pine trees were uprooted and snapped, with the most significant surveyed
damage in Brookfield from the Candlewood Shores area, extending east across Route 7, to just north of the Senior High School, to Lake Lillinonah. Falling trees caused two fatalities, one in New Fairfield and another in Brookfield, and one serious injury via wind damage to the roof of a baseball dugout.

Macrobursts can cause as much damage as if not more than tornadoes due to their size and scope.

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Photo credit: The "Brookfield Tornado" shot in the CostCo parking lot there, credit Carolyn Russo.