Thunderstorm Wind — Fairfield, Connecticut

2025-07-03 · near Nichols, Fairfield, Connecticut

Event narrative

Tree down on vehicle with occupants inside on White Plains Road at Merritt Parkway. One injury reported.

Wider weather episode

Deep layered troughing approached the area from the west along with a cold front at the surface. The area was able to destabilize ahead of the cold front to between 1000 and 1500 j/kg of MLCAPE. The front sparked showers and thunderstorms and with 30 to 40 kt of Effective Bulk Shear available, many of the storms became strong to severe. Single cells and multi-cell clusters were able to produce damaging wind gusts in southern CT.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1272605. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.