High Wind, Litchfield
- When
- December 12, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Litchfield forecast zone
- Property damage
- $110,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.847, -73.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An area of low pressure developed across the Tennessee Valley late on December 11th. The storm then rapidly deepened as it moved northeast into the Ohio Valley, Saint Lawrence Valley and eventually across the Canadian Maritimes, on December 12th. The pressure difference between this intensifying storm and large arctic high pressure building over the Southeast, produced a significant high wind event across Litchfield county on December 12th. The strongest winds with the storm came after the passage of the cold front, during the morning hours. A strong westerly wind brought down large limbs, trees and powerlines across the entire county. The hardest hit areas were the cities of Bridgewater, Plymouth, Litchfield, Sharon and Washington. A TV tower was blown down in Litchfield. An estimated 1000 customers were temporarily without power in various parts of the county.