Thunderstorm Wind, New Haven
- When
- July 18, 3:28 PM EST to 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- New Haven County, Hamden to Guilford
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -72.900
Hail and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 18, 1997
A line of severe thunderstorms moved southeast across the local area. It produced high winds that downed trees and hail.
Where it happened
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- 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 OKX wrote it up.
A line of severe thunderstorms moved southeast across the local area. It produced high winds that downed trees and hail.
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, New Haven
- When
- July 18, 3:29 PM EST
- Where
- New Haven County, New Haven
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -72.920
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1997
- Hurricane in Alabama, July 18 to 22, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 18, 1997
- Tornado and Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Utah, July 18, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Alabama, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, July 18, 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: 5610425, 5610426.