Following the passage of a strong cold front, strong west winds developed. Peak gusts ranged from around 40 to 50 mph and caused scattered power outages.
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The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
Following the passage of a strong cold front, strong west winds developed. Peak gusts ranged from around 40 to 50 mph and caused scattered power outages.
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 New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 6, 6:40 PM EST, 17 hours 20 minutes earlier.
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4 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds downed tree limbs that caused power outages in Naugatuck, Middlebury, and Woodbury. About 6,700 customers in Naugatuck were without power.
Strong winds downed a tree onto a house and cars on Springside Avenue in New Haven.
Strong winds downed trees and tree limbs, that downed power lines in Danbury and Ridgefield.
Strong winds downed a tree, which knocked down wires onto and around a house at 88 Drum Hill Road in Wilton.
Strong winds downed tree limbs in Fairfield.
The ASOS at Sikorsky Airport in Bridgeport measured a peak gust to 46 mph at 1:39 pm EDT.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Connecticut in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, October 2009
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: 201091, 201092, 201093, 201094.