EF0 tornado in New Haven County, Connecticut

A National Weather Service storm survey team has confirmed

An EF0 tornado in Cheshire CT. A narrow tornado path of 25 yd width

began along Mountain rd just south of Higgins rd and continued

northeast with sporadic tree damage. More significant tree damage

occurred on the grounds of the Legion of Christ College of Humanities

on Oak rd where the damage path also widened to 100 yards. The

tornado path narrowed to 25 yards thereafter with uprooted hardwood

trees along Warren st. The damage path continued northeast to the

back of the Main St Caffe and along W Main st and to the intersection

of George ave and Mueller ave where an SUV and an RV were crushed

respectively. The damage path became more sporadic past that point

and ended near Fairwood dr. The NWS would like to thank Connecticut

Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Headquarters

and region 2 personnel and the Cheshire Fire Department in assisting

in the survey and helping formulate this preliminary damage

assessment.

A strong and slow moving frontal boundary, along with a potent mid level disturbance triggered strong to severe thunderstorms which impacted Southern Connecticut. Three tornadoes touched down in Eastern Southern Connecticut.