Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfield
- When
- July 9, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, New Fairfield
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.470, -73.480
Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 9, 1997
High winds downed numerous large trees in North Stamford and large trees in the center of the town of Fairfield. Heavy rain caused localized street and poor-drainage flooding in Stamford along High Ridge and Long Ridge Road and in the Black Rock Section of Bridgeport.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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
- 3
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 solid line of thunderstorms, a few severe, developed in a warm, moist, unstable airmass ahead of a slow moving cold front.Thunderstorms produced high winds and heavy rain.High winds downed numerous large trees in North Stamford and large trees in the center of the town of Fairfield. They also downed numerous trees and wires in New Fairfield.Heavy rain caused localized street and poor-drainage flooding in Stamford along High Ridge and Long Ridge Road and in the Black Rock Section of Bridgeport.
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfield
- When
- July 9, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, North Stamford to Fairfield
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -73.550
Thunderstorm Wind, New Haven
- When
- July 9, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- New Haven County, Hamden to Milford
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -72.900
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 9, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 9, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 9, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, July 9, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, July 9 to 10, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 9, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 9, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 9, 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: 5610431, 5610430, 5610432.