High Wind, Southern Middlesex
- When
- December 17, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Middlesex forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.451, -72.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Connecticut, December 17, 2000
In addition to these high winds, heavy rain (up to around 2 inches) drenched all of Southern Connecticut.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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.
High winds downed many trees and power lines which resulted in thousands of power outages across coastal Middlesex and New London Counties.In coastal Middlesex County, a peak wind gust to 65 mph was measured at East Lyme, where 2,800 town residents lost power.In coastal New London County, the Automated Surface Observing System at New London Airport in Groton measured sustained winds of 41 mph with a peak gust to 69 mph at 3:50 pm.In addition to these high winds, heavy rain (up to around 2 inches) drenched all of Southern Connecticut.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southern New London
- When
- December 17, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Southern New London forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.504, -72.101 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, December 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, December 17, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, December 17, 2000
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Massachusetts, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in Connecticut, December 17, 2000
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, December 2000
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: 5167260, 5167259.