Hartford storm history

At 751 AM EST a trained spotter estimated a wind gust to 50 mph. At 806 AM EST, a tree and wires fell on a school bus on Country Club Road in Avon. The school bus driver was killed. At 957 AM EST a tree, wires, and pole were down at the intersection of Circle and Pond Roads in Fa…

Four to ten inches of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Irene resulted in the Pequabuck River overflowing its banks. This led to flooding on roads and homes along the river throughout Bristol. Flooded roads ran approximately three and a half feet deep. A 46 year old man went canoein…

Between 238 PM EDT and 630 PM EDT, there was widespread damage from fallen trees and power lines. At 351 PM EDT, a wind gust to 56 mph was recorded at the Bradley International Airport (KBDL) in Windsor Locks. At 455 PM EDT, a wind gust to 52 mph (45 kt) was measured at Hartford-…

At 3:25 PM EST thunderstorm winds in Suffield brought a tree down on wires on Suffield Street, and a tree down on a house on Hickory Street.

The Automated Surface Observing System at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, CT (KBDL) recorded sustained wind speeds of 40 mph and gusts to 71 mph. In South Windsor, a tree was downed along Route 5, blocking Nutmeg Road. In West Hartford, a tree was downed onto powe…

Six to seventeen inches of snow fell across Hartford County. Heavy wet snow fell on foliated trees, breaking branches and downing trees and wires, resulting in widespread power outages that lasted for up to 11 days. The Enfield DMV roof was compromised by the heavy snow and was s…

Numerous trees, wires, and power poles were downed in Glastonbury (Route 17), New Britain (Pendleton Road, Pinehurst Avenue, and Grand Street), East Hartford (Larrabee and Tolland Streets, Woodlawn Circle), South Windsor (Long Hill Road), Newington (Pebble Drive), West Hartford (…

A total of 6-11 inches of snow fell across Hartford County over the two day period, with upwards of a quarter inch of ice accumulation for isolated locations falling during the morning perod on the 2nd. Damage amounts are for the roof collapses of some 75 structures that occurred…

Winds generally gusted 40-50 mph but some gusts were higher including a 60 mph gust in Berlin at 12:46 PM EST. In South Windsor a tree came down on wires near the Manchester line. In East Windsor a tree was blocking the north bound lane of Barber Hill Rd. In Manchester power line…

In New Britain, power lines and a tree were down through a house.

In Burlington, two trees were down blocking Sand Bank Hill Rd.

In South Windsor, lightning struck a residence on Berry Patch which caused siding damage.

In Broad Brook, a tree was downed on powerlines on Main St.

In East Windsor, two tree limbs about 4 inches in diameter were downed on Ellington Rd.

A commercial building was on fire from a lightning strike on Hartford St in Granby.

There were three downed powerline wires on Bushy Hill Rd.

A few trees were on top of wires in Enfield.

A tree was down on wires and a tree was down on a house.

In Canton, there was water pouring into a basement through a hatchway.

In Farmington, strong wind gusts resulted in a few downed trees and large branches.

In Windsor Locks, a tree was down on Center St near Indian Mountain Rd.

In Enfield, trees and wires were down on King St.

In Enfield, trees were down on Wynwood Dr and Standish St.

In Newington, a number of large branches were down.

In Wethersfield, a tree fell onto a home on Brimfield Rd.

In Burlington there were multiple trees and wires down.

In Canton, there were power lines down on Cherry Road.

In Granby, a tree was down on Holcomb St.

In Granby, multiple trees were down on power lines on Buttles Rd.

The ASOS at Bradley International Airport (KBDL) gusted to 59 mph.

In Farmington, nickel sized hail fell.

In Farmington, 1 inch hail fail.

In New Britain, quarter sized hail fell.

In Kensington, penny sized hail fell.

In Southington, there were multiple reports of flooding in the area of Hart, West Center, and South Main streets with reports up to one foot.

In Newington, there were several reports of flooding around town. Main St and Dowd St was flooded and impassable.

In Suffield, quarter sized hail fell.

Hail of 1 inch was reported in Simsbury.