| Event |
Tornado |
| -- Scale |
EF1 |
| -- Length |
4.5 |
| -- Width |
100 |
| State |
CONNECTICUT |
| County/Area |
FAIRFIELD |
| WFO |
OKX |
| Begin Date |
05/16/2007 15:08:00 EST-5 |
| Begin Range |
2 |
| Begin Azimuth |
SW |
| Begin Location |
NEWTOWN |
| Begin Lat/Lon |
41.4/-73.35 |
| End Date |
05/16/2007 15:13:00 EST-5 |
| End Range |
2 |
| End Azimuth |
SE |
| End Location |
NEWTOWN |
| End Lat/Lon |
41.4/-73.3 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect |
0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect |
0/0 |
| Property Damage |
0.00K |
| Crop Damage |
0.00K |
| Episode Narrative |
Thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front the afternoon of the 16th...with 1 particularly potent bow echo that moved across northern Fairfield, New Haven, and Middlesex Counties. This bow echo produced a microburst and an EF1 tornado in Fairfield County, and another microburst in Middlesex County. |
| Event Narrative |
An EF-1 tornado touched down near the Rock Ridge Country Club, just north of Route 302. It traveled east to northeast and passed just south of the main town center in Newtown. The tornado passed across Route 25, South Main Street and lifted along Sugarloaf Road, between Toddy Hill Road and Berkshire Drive.
High winds damaged many trees which fell through houses and cars along this path, which was approximately 4.5 miles with an average path width of 100 yards. There was a well defined narrow track of discontinuous damage, where the damage converged in toward the track center. Eye witness reports of funnel clouds were observed.
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