CONNECTICUT, USA — Saturday's thunderstorms and brief tornado warnings resulted in thousands of Connecticut residents losing power.
A tornado touched down in the Chaplin/Hampton area around 7:30 PM. It was confirmed by Doppler radar which could actually "see" debris being pulled into the tornado. These storms also produced, heavy rain and flash flooding, vivid lightning, some hail, and damaging winds.
The National Weather Service planned on sending a team Sunday to survey the damage.
Around 10 p.m. Saturday in Hebron there were 3,350 outages, 80% of the town was without power.
As of Sunday mid-morning, there were about 700 customers with out power around the state, most of which were Eversource customers in Fairfield county. About two dozen UI customers were impacted.
Cities like Hartford, Waterbury, and New Haven were largely unaffected.
To view all Eversource outages in the state click here.
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