EF1 tornado in New London County, Connecticut

Tornado November 13, 2021 · New London County, Connecticut

EF1

Rating

1.4 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

$64K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through New London County → Washington County, Rhode Island; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

At approximately 4:54 PM EST on Saturday, November 13th, 2021 a

tornado touched down on Robinson Street in the Pawcatuck

neighborhood of Stonington, Connecticut. Several hardwood trees

were uprooted or snapped about half way up the trunk. A gutter was

ripped off of one home while shutters were ripped off of another.

Several trampolines were lifted, with one becoming stuck on a

powerline approximately 20 feet in the air. On Robinson Street,

crossroad Race Street, a metal shed was lifted and flipped before

being crushed by a large maple branch, with an approximate

diameter of 15 inches. Several street signs were also snapped at

their base.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Pawcatuck (41.3822, -71.8364).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 994593. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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