Tropical Storm — Northern New Haven, Connecticut

2011-08-28 · Northern New Haven, Connecticut

Event narrative

The maximum sustained winds measured by ASOS at Tweed Airport in New Haven was southeast at 37 knots. The peak gust was southeast at 58 knots.

In Prospect of Northern New Haven County, 1 woman was struck by a fallen power line and died. The 2 fire fighters that went to her rescue were electrically 'shocked' by the fallen power lines.

Wider weather episode

As Hurricane Irene moved north along the Atlantic coast and interacted with land, it weakened and made its second landfall as a Tropical Storm near Little Egg Inlet along the southeast NJ Coast on August 28, 2011 around 5:35 am EDT. Tropical Storm Irene made its third landfall in New York City around 9:00 am.

Irene brought sustained tropical storm winds, heavy rain, and destructive storm surge.

One death and two injuries resulted from high winds:

1 woman was struck by a fallen power line in Prospect (New Haven County)

2 fire fighters were 'shocked' by fallen power lines as they tried to rescue the woman in Prospect

Approximately 15,000 people evacuated from storm surge along the CT shores of Long Island Sound where a state voluntary evacuation was in effect.

Preliminary damage cost estimates included $150-200 million for Individual Assistance covered by Insurance and $40-50 million for Public Assistance.

The number of power outages state wide peaked around 900,000 outages. The state lost around 3 percent of their tree population.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 349920. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.