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High Wind in Southern Litchfield, Connecticut

High Wind December 29, 2009 · Southern Litchfield, Connecticut

58 mph
Estimated gust (50 kt)
1
Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Tree fell on a postal vehicle on Weekeepeemee Road in Bethlehem Connecticut killing the driver.

The wider storm

A tight pressure gradient developed across the region Tuesday morning, December 29th. This was the result of strengthening low pressure heading northeast into the Canadian Maritimes as high pressure built in from the west. Northwest winds gusted to around 55 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 204283. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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