Thunderstorm Wind, New Haven
- When
- July 24, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- New Haven County, Waterbury
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -73.030
Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 24, 1999
As a severe thunderstorm moved east across Northern New Haven County, it produced high winds that downed trees and power lines in Waterbury.
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
- 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 OKX wrote it up.
As a severe thunderstorm moved east across Northern New Haven County, it produced high winds that downed trees and power lines in Waterbury.
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:48 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 24, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 24, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, July 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 24, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 24, 1999
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 24, 1999
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: 5701118.