Thunderstorm Wind — Fairfield, Connecticut
2024-08-03 · near Easton, Fairfield, Connecticut
$5K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
Multiple trees and wires down across the town of Easton.
Wider weather episode
An upper level trough slowly approached the area as a stalled frontal boundary sat just to our west. With an environment with about 1500 J/kg of MLCAPE and 30 kt of Effective Bulk Shear, thunderstorms that developed were able to become severe and produce damaging wind gusts and large hail.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1213484. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.