Hail, Litchfield
- When
- June 11, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Litchfield County, Winchester Center
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -73.133
Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 11, 2000
A strong back door cold front dropped southwest from Massachusetts, across Litchfield County on June 11. The air mass ahead of this boundary was hot, humid and unstable.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 ALY wrote it up.
A strong back door cold front dropped southwest from Massachusetts, across Litchfield County on June 11. The air mass ahead of this boundary was hot, humid and unstable. A strong upper level disturbance propagated along the front and set the stage for scattered thunderstorms, two of which produced severe weather. One cell deposited dime size hail at Winchester Center and blew trees down in Torrington. Another cell, about an hour later, knocked trees down in Kent. Many roads in that town were blocked including U.S. Highway Route 7. Lightning from the storm, struck a man and injured him, also in Kent.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Litchfield
- When
- June 11, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Litchfield County, Torrington
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -73.117
Thunderstorm Wind, Litchfield
- When
- June 11, 2:55 PM EST
- Where
- Litchfield County, Kent
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.717, -73.483
Lightning, Litchfield
- When
- June 11, 2:55 PM EST
- Where
- Litchfield County, Kent
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.847, -73.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 11 to 12, 2000
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- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, June 11, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 11, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 11, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 11, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 11, 2000
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: 5150353, 5150354, 5150656, 5150657.