Lightning in New London County, Connecticut

Lightning July 25, 2025 · New London County, Connecticut

$5K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lightning struck an attached garage causing a structure fire.

The wider storm

A shortwave trough and associated cold front approached the area. Ahead of these features, the area destabilized to about 2000 J/kg of MLCAPE. Storms fired up along a pre-frontal trough and with the help of about 30 knots of Effective Bulk Shear several storms were able to become severe and produce damaging wind gusts.

Began near Occum (41.5800, -72.0300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1282964. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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