Connecticut, 2025Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 30, 2025
July 30, 2025 · NWS OKX · 5 events in 1 county or zone
A weak cold front worked through southern New England towards the area. Ahead of the boundary a moist and moderately unstable airmass was set up.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $11,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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A weak cold front worked through southern New England towards the area. Ahead of the boundary a moist and moderately unstable airmass was set up. Given cold temperatures aloft and steep low level lapse rates, one storm was able to become severe and produce a cluster of damaging wind gusts in southern CT.
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 New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 30, 3:23 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 3:23 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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</html>Thunderstorm Wind, New Haven
- When
- July 30, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- New Haven County, 1.24 mi WSW of Middlebury
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 41.510, -73.140
Transformer and wires down on Christian Road in Middlebury CT.
Thunderstorm Wind, New Haven
- When
- July 30, 4:32 PM EST
- Where
- New Haven County, 0.86 mi NW of Middlebury
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -73.130
A tree down on Walkwood Road in Middlebury CT.
Thunderstorm Wind, New Haven
- When
- July 30, 4:32 PM EST
- Where
- New Haven County, 1.73 mi SW of Bradley Ville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -73.100
Tree down on wires blocking driveway on Hill Road in Middlebury CT.
Thunderstorm Wind, New Haven
- When
- July 30, 4:32 PM EST
- Where
- New Haven County, 1.37 mi SW of Middlebury
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 41.509, -73.142
Tree down on wires. Road impassable.
Thunderstorm Wind, New Haven
- When
- July 30, 4:36 PM EST
- Where
- New Haven County, 0.69 mi S of Union City
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
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- Coordinates
- 41.490, -73.050
Several downed trees across town in Naugatuck.
- 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.
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- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 30, 2025$25,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
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- Excessive Heat in Louisiana, July 30 to 31, 202515 events
- Excessive Heat in Tennessee, July 30, 202514 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1283173, 1283174, 1283175, 1283177, 1283176.