NWS: One tornado hit Connecticut

MANSFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) - The National Weather Service said one tornado touched down in Connecticut Wednesday, leaving a path more than eleven miles long.

Check out the video above from our sister station WTNH in Connecticut to see the damage left by the tornado.

The tornado, registered as an EF-1, hit the Andover/Coventry/Mansfield area, and lasted 30-minutes. It had winds of 90 miles per hour.

In a statement, the National Weather Service said, "The survey team found a discontinuous damage path of 11.2 miles long and 100 yards wide from Andover to Mansfield CT. The tornado first touched down in Andover around 5:20 p.m. and finally lifted in Mansfield around 5:51 p.m."

Along the damage path there were numerous trees uprooted. Tree tops were also snapped off. The only structural damage observed was to a sheet metal shed. No injuries were reported.

Another storm, which hit Tolland, was classified as a microburst.

Trees down. A barn ripped apart by strong winds. Debris scattered everywhere. It seems like Connecticut is getting pummeled by severe weather. Three tornados hit earlier this month.

"We never had tornado warnings before. An we've had several just in the last couple weeks. It's kinda scary," said Margaret Wells, Mansfield.

"It seems like the last few summers we've had more storms and more severity," said Scott Yeo, Connecticut resident.

Meteorologist Gil Simmons says technology is changing faster than our climate is. "Radar technology is getting so much better. So we're able to see these things in the sky before they come down to ground level. We put the warning out and sometimes they never come down."

Residents in the northern parts of the state might be feeling like they see the most severe weather in the summer months. Judging by the path of destruction left in the wake of Wednesday's storms, it would appear they're right.

"The biggest reason why northwestern Connecticut has the higher threat of tornadoes than the shoreline or north east is when the wind comes off the water, thunderstorms don't like that, and you need a big thunderstorm to have enough to create a tornado," said Simmons.

With technology moving faster than a funnel cloud, some people say they're heading the warnings.

"I got a phone call to turn on my TV and then my daughter and I went down into the basement, just to be safe," said Wells.

Others say they'll take their chances.

"If I see a tornado, I'll certainly go in the opposite direction, but I'm not gonna jump in my bath tub if my phone starts ringing," said Yeo.
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Source: http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/connecticut/nws-one-tornado-hit-connecticut

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