EF1 tornado in New Haven County, Connecticut

Tornado May 15, 2018 · New Haven County, Connecticut

EF1

Rating

3.7 mi

Path length

400 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down near the intersection of Route 67 and

Burma Road in Southbury and continued southeast into Oxford,

leaving a path of numerous uprooted and snapped pine trees and

some hardwood trees. The tornado lifted after damaging the roof of

the Great Oak School in Oxford. Based on this information, this

tornado is classified as an EF1 with maximum winds of 100 mph.

The wider storm

An approaching cold front triggered numerous severe thunderstorms over southern Connecticut. These storms produced 2 tornadoes in the Lower Hudson Valley, as well as microbursts and macroburts.

Began near Southford (41.4664, -73.1691).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 New Haven County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 756715. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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