EF0 Tornado — Windham, Connecticut

2023-09-13 · near South Killingly, Windham, Connecticut

Event narrative

An EF-1 with maximum winds of 100 mph began on Bailey Hill Road

in the town of Killingly, CT between Cranberry Road and Ledge

Road, here the tornado removed shingles from a two story home and

either snapped or uprooted healthy and mature trees. The tornado

moved northeast towards Ledge Road causing similar tree damage

before dissipating on Shippie Schoolhouse Road in the town of

Foster, RI. Tree damage along the path was consistent with wind

speeds between 90 and 100 mph, resulting an EF-1 rating on the

Enhanced Fujita Scale.

Wider weather episode

A frontal system brought a period of heavy rain, flash flooding, and embedded thunderstorms to southern New England from the morning to mid evening. In addition to much tree damage from straight line winds, there was one tornado in Connecticut, 2 in Rhode Island, and 1 in Massachusetts. These all occurred in the afternoon.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1121824. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.