KILLINGLY, Conn. — Update: The National Weather Service confirmed on Thursday that the storm did produce a tornado. More info. in the story here.
A strong thunderstorm moved through northeast Connecticut just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, and a tornado may be responsible for some of the damage.
The National Weather Service in Boston received several reports of downed trees and wires in the Killingly area. Doppler radar showed weak rotation in the area at the time and suggested some debris may have been lofted into the air.
The first reports of damage came in from Danielson, trees and wires were downed on Wauregan Road. Several trees were reported down on Ledge Road and Shippee Schoolhouse Road, which is in Killingly along the border with Foster, Rhode Island.
This is the third tornado to touch down since August 12. The first was in Litchfield County on Town Line Road in Roxbury, near the border with Bridgewater, looking south. The storm was passing over a cow farm, with very few buildings or structures in its path.
Another tornado touched down in Scotland, Conn. on August 18. This was the fifth tornado confirmed in southern New England from that day's storms. While the path was estimated to be 2.7 miles, there was not significant damage to any structures other than some gutter damage to two homes. The weather service estimated more than 100 trees were either downed or sheared off at their tops. A the Beaver Brook Saw Shop, security cameras caught the twisting wind, ripping one of their flags off its pole.
The National Weather Service in Boston issued a tornado warning for the storm responsible for the damage in Connecticut after it crossed the border into Rhode Island.
Ryan Breton is a meteorologist at FOX61 News. He can be reached at rbreton@fox61.com. Follow him on Facebook, X and Instagram.
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