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Friday, June 25, 2010

National Weather Service Confirms Tornado in Bridgeport CT

Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Upton, NY

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NOUS41 KOKX 251619 CCA
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1151 AM EDT FRI JUN 25 2010

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS TORNADO IN BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT...

LOCATION...BRIDGEPORT. BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ON MAIN STREET...NICHOLS STREET...AND CEDAR STREET...1 BLOCK NORTH OF INTERSTATE 95.
ESTIMATED TIME...230 PM
EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...100 MPH
PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...0.15 MILES

THE DAMAGE REPORTED IN EASTON AND TRUMBULL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE AND IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH DAMAGE CREATED BY A TORNADO.

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JP


2 comments:

  1. Scary! We are used to hurricanes and nor'easters around here, not tornados.

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