Thunderstorm Wind, Hartford
- When
- July 1, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hartford County, Bristol
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.667, -72.950
Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 1, 2001
Severe thunderstorms downed trees in Bristol and Farmington.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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 BOX wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms downed trees in Bristol and Farmington.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 250 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001 SEVERAL LINES OF +TSRA SURROUNDING FA ATTM. SVR TSTM WATCHES ACROSS SNE WILL EXPIRE AT 01Z. LEADING EDGE OF COOLER DRIER AIRMASS WILL SWEEP THRU AREA TNGT. ASSOC SFC LO WILL BE DEEPENING OVER MARITIMES LATER TNGT AND MON...CAUSING NW WINDS TO INCR TO 15 TO 25 KT. DRY WX WILL CONT INTO TUE AS RIDGE MOVES OFFSHORE. .BOX...SCA ALL MARINE ZONES. FRANKLIN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:30 AM EST, 5 hours before
CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-013>024-RIZ001>007-012000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1130 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. A COLD FRONT OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES LATE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES NEW ENGLAND...IT WILL RUN INTO VERY HUMID AIR THAT WILL HAVE BEEN HEATED BY THE SUN TO TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA...UPSTATE NEW YORK...AND VERMONT THIS MORNING...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR MASSACHUSETTS FROM WORCESTER WEST TO THE NEW YORK BORDER...AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. PEOPLE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INCLUDING THOSE PLANNING TO DO SOME BOATING...ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FRANKLIN
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 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
- Drought in Michigan, July 1 to 31, 2001
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 1, 2001
- Rip Current in Michigan, July 1, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Maryland, July 1, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 1, 2001
- Tropical Storm in Guam, July 1 to 3, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, July 1, 2001
- Wildfire in Alaska, July 1 to 7, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 1, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, July 1, 2001
- Flood in Minnesota, July 1 to 31, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in West Virginia, July 1, 2001
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, July 2001
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: 5258412.