000 NOUS41 KOKX 150120 PNSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-151312- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 812 PM EST SUN NOV 14 2021 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/13/2021 TORNADO IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY... ...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CHESHIRE CT... OVERVIEW...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO IN CHESHIRE CT. A NARROW TORNADO PATH OF 25 YD WIDTH BEGAN ALONG MOUNTAIN RD JUST SOUTH OF HIGGINS RD AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST...WITH SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE. MORE SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON THE GROUNDS OF THE LEGION OF CHRIST COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES ON OAK RD...WHERE THE DAMAGE PATH ALSO WIDENED TO 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO PATH NARROWED TO 25 YARDS THEREAFTER WITH UPROOTED HARDWOOD TREES ALONG WARREN ST. THE DAMAGE PATH CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO THE BACK OF THE MAIN ST CAFFE AND ALONG W MAIN ST AND TO THE INTERSECTION OF GEORGE AVE AND MUELLER AVE WHERE AN SUV AND AN RV WERE CRUSHED RESPECTIVELY. THE DAMAGE PATH BECAME MORE SPORADIC PAST THAT POINT AND ENDED NEAR FAIRWOOD DR. THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK CONNECTICUT DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY HEADQUARTERS AND REGION 2 PERSONNEL AND THE CHESHIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ASSISTING IN THE SURVEY AND HELPING FORMULATE THIS PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. START LOCATION...CHESHIRE, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CT END LOCATION...CHESHIRE, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CT DATE...NOVEMBER 13, 2021 ESTIMATED TIME...3:30 PM TO 3:34 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...3.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.48751, -72.9355 ENDING LAT/LON...41.51865, -72.88036 * 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.
789 NOUS41 KOKX 150120 PNSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-151312- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 812 PM EST SUN NOV 14 2021 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/13/2021 TORNADO IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY... ...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CHESHIRE CT... OVERVIEW...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO IN CHESHIRE CT. A NARROW TORNADO PATH OF 25 YD WIDTH BEGAN ALONG MOUNTAIN RD JUST SOUTH OF HIGGINS RD AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST...WITH SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE. MORE SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON THE GROUNDS OF THE LEGION OF CHRIST COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES ON OAK RD...WHERE THE DAMAGE PATH ALSO WIDENED TO 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO PATH NARROWED TO 25 YARDS THEREAFTER WITH UPROOTED HARDWOOD TREES ALONG WARREN ST. THE DAMAGE PATH CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO THE BACK OF THE MAIN ST CAFFE AND ALONG W MAIN ST AND TO THE INTERSECTION OF GEORGE AVE AND MUELLER AVE WHERE AN SUV AND AN RV WERE CRUSHED RESPECTIVELY. THE DAMAGE PATH BECAME MORE SPORADIC PAST THAT POINT AND ENDED NEAR FAIRWOOD DR. THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK CONNECTICUT DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY HEADQUARTERS AND REGION 2 PERSONNEL AND THE CHESHIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ASSISTING IN THE SURVEY AND HELPING FORMULATE THIS PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. START LOCATION...CHESHIRE, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CT END LOCATION...CHESHIRE, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CT DATE...NOVEMBER 13, 2021 ESTIMATED TIME...3:30 PM TO 3:34 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...3.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.48751, -72.9355 ENDING LAT/LON...41.51865, -72.88036 * 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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