Thunderstorm Wind — Fairfield, Connecticut

2025-07-03 · near Long Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut

Event narrative

Large tree and power lines down on Merrimac Drive.

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 1272607. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.