A strong cold front moved through southern New England, bringing rain, a few thunderstorms, and strong winds.
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.
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.
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved through southern New England, bringing rain, a few thunderstorms, and strong winds.
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 Oct 25, 3:41 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 423 PM EDT SAT OCT 25 2008 MAZ015-016-020>024-RIZ006>008-262030- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 423 PM EDT SAT OCT 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE NEAR OR AFTER MIDNIGHT WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE TYPICAL VULNERABLE LOCATIONS OF BRIEF POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. CTZ002>004-MAZ002>014-017>019-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>005-262030- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- 423 PM EDT SAT OCT 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE TYPICAL VULNERABLE LOCATIONS SUBJECT TO BRIEF POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. IN PARTICULAR...THE REGION WEST OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND ALSO WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY MAY BE PRONE TO ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN 7 PM AND 11 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A COASTAL STORM MAY BRING SOME SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BERKSHIRES LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY. HOWEVER...THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM SO CONFIDENCE IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ230>237-250-254-255-262030- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM- 423 PM EDT SAT OCT 25 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An amateur radio operator recorded a 60 mph wind gust on their home weather station in Manchester. Numerous wires and trees were downed by strong winds across the Hartford metro area.
Several amateur radio operators recorded wind gusts of up to 50 mph on their home weather stations. There was also one report of limbs down in Vernon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Connecticut in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, October 2008
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 138405, 138406.