High Wind, Northern Litchfield
- When
- February 22, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Litchfield forecast zone
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Coordinates
- 41.847, -73.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Connecticut, February 22, 1997
On February 22, an intense area of low pressure moved from northern Indiana northeast to the Saint Lawrence Valley. High winds associated with this system produced damage across parts of Litchfield County during the afternoon.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 ALY wrote it up.
On February 22, an intense area of low pressure moved from northern Indiana northeast to the Saint Lawrence Valley. High winds associated with this system produced damage across parts of Litchfield County during the afternoon. Trees and wires were downed by the wind in several locations.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New York, February 22, 1997
- High Wind in New York, February 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, February 22, 1997
- High Wind in New York, February 22, 1997
- High Wind in Vermont, February 22, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New York, February 22, 1997
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in New York, February 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, February 22, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New York, February 22, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, February 22 to 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, February 1997
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: 5591297.