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*[[July 5]][[1984]]: An F2 tracked from [[Bristol, Connecticut|Bristol]] to [[Farmington, Connecticut|Farmington]], injuring one person and causing $500,000 in damage to houses and cars.<ref>Grazulis, p. 1261</ref |
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This is a list of tornadoes reported in the history of the US state of Connecticut. While Connecticut is not known for tornado events, more than 100 tornadoes have affected the state in modern history, resulting in at least 48 deaths, 780 injuries, and more than $500 million in damage.[1][2] This list is likely incomplete, as official records date back only to 1950 for tornadoes in the United States.[1]
As with most of the Northeastern United States, the number of tornadoes peaks in the summer months; specifically, July and August. They occur most commonly in Hartford County, although since 1950 Litchfield County has recorded the most tornadoes. Several areas have been struck more than once, and Waterbury has been struck by no less than 4 tornadoes since 1955.
Since reliable records have been kept, Connecticut has recorded an average of 1.3 tornadoes per year, ranked 42nd in the United States.[3] While Connecticut tornadoes are typically weak, isolated events can be violent. Three tornadoes of F4 intensity have affected the state in its history, as well as at least 27 "strong" tornadoes (F2 or greater). Outbreaks of three or more tornadoes in a single day occurred in 1786, 1787, 1878, 1973, 1989, 1998, and 2001. The year 1973 was particularly active: eight tornadoes occurred on six separate days.
Pre–1850
- June 101682: A violent storm, including one or more likely tornadoes, devastated forests in southern Connecticut, affecting areas north of Fairfield across the Housatonic River before passing out into Long Island Sound between Milford and New Haven. The damage was worst around present-day Shelton, where a path was cut a half-mile wide where there was "scarce a tree left standing".[4][5]
- 1728 or 1729: A possible tornado passed through New Britain.[6]
- August 171784: Two tornadoes struck Central Connecticut. The first injured five people while destroying more than a dozen structures in South Britain. The second injured one person while moving down a hillside west of Southington.[7]
- August 231786: As many as six tornadoes did a great deal of damage in Windham County. Twenty homes, 63 barns, and 1000 acres (4 km²) of forest were destroyed. One woman was killed and five people were injured in Woodstock. Leaves from destroyed trees rained down heavily in Providence, Rhode Island.[7][8]
- August 151787: The largest tornado outbreak recorded to date affected most of New England. The first in the state touched down around 1:30PM near New Britain, travelling along nearly the same path as a tornado in 1728 or 1729. This tornado was nearly as violent as the Wallingford Tornado of 1878. A mother and two of her children were killed in Wethersfield, and 10 others were injured before the tornado lifted outside of the town.[9] What may have been another tornado caused additional damage as far east as Coventry, Connecticut. Another tornado struck East Windsor, damaging several homes and barns. Yet another touched down near Killingly, moving northeast into Rhode Island and Massachusetts.[6][7]
- June 191794: A tornado destroyed several structures in Milford injuring four, while a separate tornado cut through Branford. Some loss of life likely occurred from one or both tornadoes.[7]
- October 81797: A tornado touched down in North Salem, New York, moving into Fairfield County. Six people were injured in Ridgefield, and possible tornado damage continued as far as Long Island Sound in Branford.[7]
- August 21799: A tornado destroyed two houses in New London County, affecting the towns of Franklin, Lebanon, and Bozrah.[10]
- July 221808: Trees and buildings were damaged by a tornado which moved from East Windsor to North Bolton.[10]
- August 11812: A tornado passed from Westchester County, New York into Greenwich.[11]
- August 131817: A tornado destroyed 23 buildings in Wallingford.[11]
- June 31836: A long-lived tornado tracked 30 miles (48 km) from Dutchess County, New York to Salisbury, seriously injuring many people.[13]
- August 71839: A possible tornado passed through an uninhabited area of present-day Wallingford.[6]
1850–1949
- August 171872: What may have been a small tornado hit Windsor Locks.[14]
- September 151876: A 300 yard (274 m) wide tornado unroofed several homes in northern Bridgeport.[15]
- August 181877: "Something like a tornado", described as a "whirling mass of black clouds" cut across Hartford, tearing down trees and branches.[16]
- August 91878: At least three tornadoes affected the state from a single storm system. The first touched down in South Kent, causing major damage but no injuries. The second, the Wallingford Tornado of 1878, touched down just outside of Wallingford. A severe tornado, likely an F4, it smashed through the north side of town, completely destroying dozens of houses. At least 29 people were killed in that town (likely 34), the most by any tornado event in Connecticut history. A third tornado moved through Durham and Killingsworth, unroofing houses but again causing no injuries.[17][18]
- May 291880: A tornado touched down in Suffield, moving northeast and crossing the Connecticut River. It destroyed 25 buildings in Thompsonville and Enfield.[19]
- July 141881: A "terrific storm" downed trees "in all directions" in Meriden, also damaging a school and several other buildings.[20]
- September 141882: A tornado touched down outside of Winsted, destroying nine homes and five barns as it moved into town. Twenty people were injured, two of whom may have later died.[21]
- August 251885: A tornado passed through the towns of Bloomfield and Windsor, crossing the Connecticut River before dissipating. Nearly the entire tobacco crop in the area was destroyed, at a loss in the millions of dollars. Another tornado may have struck East Hartford a few weeks earlier.[22]
- September 121886: A tornado touched down outside of Ellington, destroying barns and downing trees before lifting near Burnside.[23]
- September 271899: A tornado passed from Norwalk to near Ridgefield, causing damage to trees and roofs in a path 50 to 300 feet (15 to 91 m)wide. Some buildings were completely destroyed.[24]
- September 151901: A damaging tornado swept through the village of Huntington around 7 PM. One man was killed when his house was torn from its foundation. Several barns were destroyed—one "completely disappeared"—and hundreds of trees were levelled on a path from modern-day Shelton to Monroe.[25][26]
- August 281911: A tornado cut a three mile (five km) path through New Milford, Litchfield County, uprooting trees and damaging roofs.[27]
- June 121918: A "baby tornado" (possibly a microburst) caused $50,000 in damage, mainly to roofs and windows, in New Britain, Hartford County.[28]
- August 71918: A possible tornado touched down in Westbrook, causing roof damage and downing trees. A house was moved off its foundation in Fenwick.[29][30]
- September 181918: A tornado cut a path 130-160 feet across from Groton, Connecticut, through Mystic, and out into Long Island Sound. Small buildings, roofs, trees and telephone poles were damaged heavily. Several people received minor injuries from flying debris[31]
- August 301920: A storm with "tornado features" caused damage on a small line from eastern Hamden to Guilford. A fireworks factory was destroyed, roofs were removed from four warehouses and a house, and hundreds of trees and utility poles were toppled. One boy was killed and 33 others were injured.[32][33]
- July 261937: A tornado produced F2 damage while passing just south of Terryville and just north of Bristol.[35]
- September 241942: A tornado destroyed a church in Plainville and a garage in Bristol along a 3-mile (5 km) path.[36]
1950–1974
- July 141950: An F2 touched down in Ridgefield around 7:30AM, tearing the roof off the high school and downing trees through the center of town. Three people were injured.[1][38]
- August 201951: An F2 touched down briefly in Willington, Tolland County.[39]
- August 211951: A long-tracked F2 touched down in southwestern Litchfield County, passing more than 40 miles (64 km) well into Hartford County. Another tornado, an F3 (some sources say F2), touched down in northern Middlesex County, unroofing a factory and causing $100,000 in damage. Nine people were injured in the first tornado, with another eight injured in the second.[37][40]
- May 101954: An F3 (some sources say F2) hit Windsorville at 9:30AM, destroying a house and some sheds, injuring two and causing $30,000 in damage. Additionally, an F2 touched down in northwestern Hartford County that afternoon. [37][41]
- October 241955: An F1 touched down in central Hartford County, while an F2 touched down near Waterbury.[37]
- August 81956: An F0 briefly touched down in East Glastonbury, Hartford County.[42]
- June 191957: An F1 touched down in central Glastonbury, Hartford County.[43]
- September 71958: An F2 injured two in Willington, Tolland County.[46]
- May 301959: An F1 briefly touched down in Bloomfield, damaging a few greenhouses.[48]
- May 241962: An F3 tracked through northern New Haven and southern Hartford Counties. The tornado produced "near-F4 damage" in parts of Waterbury and Southington, with more than 200 buildings destroyed and another 600 damaged. One person was killed, with another 50 injured, and the tornado caused $4,000,000 in damage along its 11 mile (18 km) path.[37][49]
- August 111966: An F2 touched down in northern Litchfield County, passing east-northeast into Massachusetts.[37]
- July 291971: An F3 (some sources say F2) moved along Main Street in downtown Waterbury, unroofing a factory and damaging some houses. Two people were injured.[50][37]
- September 61973: An F2 touched down in eastern Hartford County, damaging houses in Manchester, Vernon, and Talcottville.[37][51]
- September 181973: Three tornadoes briefly touched down, an F1 in Greenwich, an F2 in southwestern Hartford county, and another F1 in southern Tolland County.[37]
1975–1999
- June 191975: An F1 tracked five miles (eight km) through central Litchfield County.[37]
- July 201975: An F1 touched down near New Milford.[37]
- June 301976: An F2 touched down in northern Litchfield County.[37]
- October 31979: The Windsor Locks, Connecticut Tornado, an extremely destructive F4 tornado, one of the worst in Connecticut history, killed three and injured 500 in northern Hartford County. The tornado struck without warning, tearing through Bradley International Airport, destroying more than a dozen airplanes, and narrowly missing a Boeing 727 which was attempting to land. Around 100 homes were completely levelled. Most of the $200+ million in damage was done in Windsor Locks and Suffield. This was the sixth most damaging tornado in US history.[52]
- July 281982: An F1 tracked through central New Haven County.[37]
- August 11983: An F0 struck Middlesex County.[37]
- July 51984: An F2 tracked from Bristol to Farmington, injuring one person and causing $500,000 in damage to houses and cars.[37][53]
- June 241985: An F1 tracked ten miles (16 km) across central Windham County.[37]
- August 261985: An F1 touched down in extreme eastern Windham County, passing into Rhode Island.[37]
- July 101989: The Northeastern United States tornado outbreak of 1989 occurred. At least three tornadoes caused more than $100 million in damage in Litchfield and New Haven Counties. The first tornado, possibly a family of three tornadoes, destroyed Cathedral Pines Forest, and caused F2 damage to trees and homes in Cornwall, Milton, and Bantam, injuring four people.[54] The second tornado, also an F2, unroofed or severely damaged 50 homes and injured 70 people on a path through Watertown, Oakville, and northern Waterbury. The final tornado was one of the worst in Connecticut history, cutting a five mile (eight km) path through Hamden. An F4, it destroyed almost 400 structures, and injured 40 people. Miraculously, no one was killed by these devastating tornadoes, though a girl was killed when straight-line winds blew a tree onto her tent.
- June 291990: An F0 briefly touched down in Danbury. Seven people were injured by flying glass.[9]
- July 51992: An F0 struck near New Fairfield.[37]
- July 141992: An F1 briefly touched down in southern Windham County.[37]
- August 41992: An F0 struck central Hartford County, and an F1 struck the Long Hill section of Trumbull.[37][55]
- July 101993: An F0 briefly touched down in western Windham County.[37]
- June 291994: A strong microburst accompanied by an F0 struck Avon. Many trees were downed, but there was very little property damage.[56]
- May 291995: An F1 tracked two miles (three km) from South Britain to Southbury around 6:20 PM. Many trees were downed, and several homes sustained minor damage.[57]
- July 231995: An F0 struck the town of Prospect. A tractor-trailer was thrown 200 yards through the air, but no injuries were reported.[58]
- July 31996: An F1 touched down just north of downtown Waterbury, causing damage to Wilby High School.[59]
- July 91996: An F1 downed trees in Monroe.[60]
- May 311998: An F1, part of a large tornado outbreak, touched down briefly near Washington.[61]
- June 301998: Two F1 tornadoes touched down briefly in Killingworth and Lyme, and an F0 briefly touched down in Chester.[62]
2000–present
- August 162000: An F1 touched down in Ellington. It tossed several large trailers through the air and damaged a cow barn.[63]
- June 232001: An isolated supercell produced three tornadoes in the state. The first, an F1, hit a golf course in Washington, demolishing a storage building and a tennis court, and injuring one person. The second tornado, rated an F2, touched down in Torrington near Torrington Middle School, damaging the roof and destroying bleachers and a storage shed. The final tornado, an F0, produced minor damage to the East Hartland fire station.[64][65][66]
- July 12001: An F0 tracked ten miles across southern Litchfield County, touching down seven times along its path from New Milford to Roxbury. [67]
- May 312002: An F1 touched down in Brookfield, followed by a brief, F0 touchdown in Southbury along Interstate 84.[68]
- June 162002: An F0 touched down briefly in Lanesville. In Montville, a waterspout formed over Gardner Lake, causing F1 damage to trees, houses, and cars upon crossing onto land.[70][71]
- July 122006: A tornado which produced F2 damage across the border in New York entered Greenwich at 4:01PM, producing some F1 damage on the north side of town. It may have briefly touched down a second time just north of the Merritt Parkway.[72]
- May 162007: Just three months after the switch to the Enhanced Fujita Scale for rating tornadoes, a skipping tornado, rated EF1, tracked 4–5 miles (6–8 km) from Bethel to Newtown. Widespread wind damage also affected other parts of the state.[73]
- May 282007: An EF0 landspout damaged the roof of a barn in Somers, on an otherwise calm day.[74] [75]
See also
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