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Tornado?

Posted on November 16, 2020 | 6 comments

Sunny Sherman asks:

Do you know anything about a tornado hitting Saugatuck Shores last night around 9?

How else to explain a 220-pound teak table blowing off a 2nd floor deck into a pine tree about 25 feet off the ground?!

Teak table in the trees. (Photo/Sunny Sherman)

There are no official reports of a tornado — though a tornado warning was issued for southern Fairfield County during that time.

Strong winds and heavy rain knocked out power to more than 30,000 Eversource customers statewide.

Roseville Road is closed in its entirety due to downed wires. So is Coleytown Road, near #6.

At 7 a.m., that included 878 customers in Westport, and 887 in Weston — 7 and 22% of all customers in those towns, respectively. Those were the highest numbers in the state, behind Darien and Norwalk.

Among the customers without power: the “06880” office (aka “my home”). Eversource had no estimate of when it would be restored.

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Tornado? Waterspout? Scott Pecoriello Was There.

Posted on August 5, 2020 | 4 comments

From a young age, Scott Pecoriello has been fascinated by weather.

At Staples, the Class of 2015 member was the school’s go-to meteorologist. Students, teachers and (especially) coaches relied on his spot-on forecasts.

When the tornado warning was issued for Connecticut’s coast yesterday, Scott headed to Compo Beach. At 1:40, he saw “a possible waterspout/tornado” come ashore.

He sent the photo (below) and video to the National Weather Service. They’re reviewing it, to confirm.

(Photo/Scott Pecoriello)

Scott says, “there have been no confirmed records of a tornado to ever pass through Westport since records began in the early 1900s. Connecticut averages about 1.3 tornadoes per year, and is ranked 43rd out of 50 for states with the most tornadoes.”

He notes, “The unusually high damage in Westport compared to surrounding towns — particularly at the coastline near Saugatuck Shores — could be in part due to this waterspout.”

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