Just one day after the National Weather Service confirmed four New England
tornadoes - three in Maine and one in Connecticut, a fifth has been confirmed
following damage surveys by the National Weather Service meteorologists. The
information follows:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
627 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010
...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...
...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS TORNADO IN EAST
LITCHFIELD...THOMASTON...AND TERRYVILLE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY CT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS STRAIGHT LINE WINDS FROM SHARON
TO LITCHFIELD IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY CT...
LOCATION...EAST LITCHFIELD IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY CT
DATE...JULY 21 2010
ESTIMATED TIME...335 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH
ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...ONE QUARTER MILE
*FATALITIES...NONE
*INJURIES...NONE
*NOTE THESE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE AFTER ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT
LOCATION...THOMASTON IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY CT
DATE...JULY 21 2010
ESTIMATED TIME...350 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH
ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...200 YARDS
*FATALITIES...NONE
*INJURIES...NONE
*NOTE THESE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE AFTER ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT
LOCATION...TERRYVILLE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY CT
DATE...JULY 21 2010
ESTIMATED TIME...405 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH
ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...200 YARDS
*FATALITIES...NONE
*INJURIES...NONE
*NOTE THESE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE AFTER ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT
LOCATION...SHARON TO LITCHFIELD IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT
DATE...JULY 21 2010
ESTIMATED TIME...305 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF SCALE RATING...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH
ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...2 MILES
*FATALITIES...NONE
*INJURIES...NONE
*NOTE THESE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE AFTER ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT
...SUMMARY...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEAM SURVEYED DAMAGE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY
FROM SUPERCELLS THAT CROSSED THE COUNTY DURING THE AFTERNOON OF
JULY 21 2010. THE SUPERCELL PRODUCED INTERMITTENT DAMAGE ALONG
A TRACK FROM SHARON TO TERRYVILLE. STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WERE
VERIFIED FROM SHARON TO LITCHFIELD. BRIEF TORNADIC TOUCHDOWNS
WERE CONFIRMED IN EAST LITCHFIELD...THOMASTON...AND TERRYVILLE.
DAMAGE WAS MAINLY TO HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES. THERE WAS LITTLE
EVIDENCE OF DIRECT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES WERE
REPORTED.
FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.
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