000 NOUS41 KOKX 150113 PNSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-151302- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 802 PM EST SUN NOV 14 2021 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/13/2021 TORNADO IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY... ...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN BRANFORD CT... OVERVIEW...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO IN BRANFORD CT. A NARROW TORNADO PATH OF 25 YD WIDTH BEGAN NEAR PINE ORCHARD AND OAK HOLLOW ROADS AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST...WITH UPROOTED HARDWOOD TREES SHOWING EVIDENCE OF A CONVERGENT DAMAGE PATTERN. THE DAMAGE PATH WIDENED TO 300 YARDS AT THE FRANCIS WALSH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL FIELD...WHERE SEVERAL LIGHT TOWER GENERATORS WERE ALL TOPPLED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...WHILE THE EASTERN 100 YARDS OF THIS AREA ALONG SUNSET HILL DRIVE CONTINUED TO SHOW A CONVERGENT DAMAGE PATTERN. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE TOP OF WHITING HILL ROAD...WHERE THE PATH NARROWED TO ABOUT 75 YARDS AND WHERE THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE OCCURRED...WHERE SOME PINE TREES IN A LOOP AT THE TOP OF THE ROAD WERE SNAPPED IN TWO. THE DAMAGE PATH CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO GOULD RD WHERE THE TORNADO APPARENTLY LIFTED JUST BEFORE REACHING THE GOVERNOR JOHN DAVIS LODGE TURNPIKE. THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK CONNECTICUT DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY HEADQUARTERS AND REGION 2 PERSONNEL AND THE BRANFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ASSISTING IN THE SURVEY AND HELPING FORMULATE THIS PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. START LOCATION...BRANFORD, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CT END LOCATION...BRANFORD, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CT DATE...NOVEMBER 13, 2021 ESTIMATED TIME...3:44 PM TO 3:46 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...300 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1.94 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.27758, -72.79514 ENDING LAT/LON...41.29436, -72.76501 * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
629 NOUS41 KOKX 150113 PNSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-151302- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 802 PM EST SUN NOV 14 2021 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/13/2021 TORNADO IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY... ...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN BRANFORD CT... OVERVIEW...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO IN BRANFORD CT. A NARROW TORNADO PATH OF 25 YD WIDTH BEGAN NEAR PINE ORCHARD AND OAK HOLLOW ROADS AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST...WITH UPROOTED HARDWOOD TREES SHOWING EVIDENCE OF A CONVERGENT DAMAGE PATTERN. THE DAMAGE PATH WIDENED TO 300 YARDS AT THE FRANCIS WALSH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL FIELD...WHERE SEVERAL LIGHT TOWER GENERATORS WERE ALL TOPPLED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...WHILE THE EASTERN 100 YARDS OF THIS AREA ALONG SUNSET HILL DRIVE CONTINUED TO SHOW A CONVERGENT DAMAGE PATTERN. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE TOP OF WHITING HILL ROAD...WHERE THE PATH NARROWED TO ABOUT 75 YARDS AND WHERE THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE OCCURRED...WHERE SOME PINE TREES IN A LOOP AT THE TOP OF THE ROAD WERE SNAPPED IN TWO. THE DAMAGE PATH CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO GOULD RD WHERE THE TORNADO APPARENTLY LIFTED JUST BEFORE REACHING THE GOVERNOR JOHN DAVIS LODGE TURNPIKE. THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK CONNECTICUT DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY HEADQUARTERS AND REGION 2 PERSONNEL AND THE BRANFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ASSISTING IN THE SURVEY AND HELPING FORMULATE THIS PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. START LOCATION...BRANFORD, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CT END LOCATION...BRANFORD, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CT DATE...NOVEMBER 13, 2021 ESTIMATED TIME...3:44 PM TO 3:46 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...300 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1.94 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.27758, -72.79514 ENDING LAT/LON...41.29436, -72.76501 * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
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