For a full report go to the National Weather Service for a Public statement about this tornado. Scroll down the page for the statement. Here is an abbreviated version.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
332 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009
…EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WETHERSFIELD CT ON FRIDAY JUNE 26.2009
LOCATION… WETHERSFIELD…HARTFORD COUNTY…CONNECTICUT
DATE… FRIDAY JUNE 26 2009
TIME… 450-453 PM
MAXIMUM EF SCALE RATING… EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED… 100 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH… APPROXIMATELY 40 YARDS
PATH LENGTH… APPROXIMATELY 1.7 MILES
*FATALITIES… NONE
*INJURIES… 1
*NOTE THESE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE AFTER ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT.
…SUMMARY…
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON JUNE 26…A POWERFUL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
MOVED EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY…DOWNING
TREES AND POWERLINES ACROSS MANY TOWNS…INCLUDING BURLINGTON…
FARMINGTON…PLAINVILLE…WEST HARTFORD…SOUTHINGTON…BRISTOL…
NEW BRITAIN…NEWINGTON…WETHERSFIELD…GLASTONBURY…AND
MARLBOROUGH. HARDEST HIT WERE THE TOWNS OF WETHERSFIELD AND
FARMINGTON.
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