Thunderstorm Wind, Hartford
- When
- August 3, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Hartford County, Simsbury
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -72.800
Hail and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 3, 1997
Several large trees up to two feet in diameter were blown down in Simsbury in Hartford County. Dime size hail was reported in Chaplin in Windham County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
Several large trees up to two feet in diameter were blown down in Simsbury in Hartford County. Dime size hail was reported in Chaplin in Windham County. Up to 19,000 electric customers lost power statewide as a result of lightning strikes and gusty thunderstorm winds.
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:12 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Windham
- When
- August 3, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Windham County, Chaplin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -72.120
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 3, 1997
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- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 1997
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 3, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Vermont, August 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, August 3, 1997
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5623227, 5623228.