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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
337 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 08/13/2026 DOWNBURST WIND EVENT
...STRAIGHT-LINE DOWNBURST CONFIRMED FROM MILFORD CT TO EAST
HAVEN CT
PEAK WIND (OBSERVED AND ESTIMATED): 85-105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:8.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1.1 MILES
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: AUGUST 13 2026
START TIME: 0120AM EDT
START LOCATION: MILFORD CT
START LAT/LON: 41.2549, -73.0384
END DATE: AUGUST 13 2026
END TIME: 0133AM EDT
END LOCATION: EAST HAVEN CT
END LAT/LON: 41.2466, -78.8757
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COORDINATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS CONFIRMED A STRAIGHT LINE DOWNBURST
PRODUCING A NARROW AND INTERMITTENT SWATH OF OBSERVED AND
ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 85 TO 105 MPH ACROSS MILFORD, ORANGE, WEST
HAVEN, NEW HAVEN, AND EAST HAVEN CT. THESE WINDS RESULTED IN AN
APPROXIMATELY 8.5 MILE LONG BY UP TO 1.1 MILE WIDE PATH OF
INTERMITTENT SEVERE TREE AND POWERLINES DAMAGE, COLLATERAL DAMAGE
TO HOMES AND AUTOMOBILES, AS WELL AS DESTRUCTION OF 2 BUILDING
STRUCTURES.
THE DOWNBURST DAMAGE PATH BEGAN AROUND 120AM EDT NEAR WOODRUFF RD
IN MILFORD CT WHERE SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED,
FALLING ON A HOME AND CAR. THE DAMAGE PATH WIDENED OUT TO SLIGHTLY
OVER 1 1/4 MILE WIDE ACROSS THE MARSH HILL RD, OXFORD AVE,
AND ANDERSON AVENUE AREA OF MILFORD AND ORANGE CT. DOZENS OF
TREES AND POWER POLES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN THIS AREA. THE
MOST STRIKING DAMAGE WAS THE COLLAPSE OF THE NORTHWEST FACING WALL
AND UPLIFT OF THE WESTERN HALF OF ROOF OF A WAREHOUSE AT MARSH
HILL ROAD AND CASCADE BOULEVARD IN MILFORD ON THE ORANGE TOWN
LINE. THE UPLIFTED ROOF DEBRIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE NEIGHBORING
POWER LINES AND THE ADJACENT METRO-NORTH TRACKS. THE DAMAGE TO THE
TREES, POWERLINES, AND WAREHOUSE ARE CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT-LINE
WINDS OF 85 TO 105 MPH.
THE DAMAGE PATH CONTINUE EAST AND NARROWED THROUGH WEST HAVEN
WITH SEVERAL UPROOTED TREES ON JONES HILL ROAD AROUND 124AM,
BEFORE CROSSING OVER NEW HAVEN HARBOR AND IMPACTING NEW HAVEN AND
EAST HAVEN, TO THE SOUTH OF NEW HAVEN AIRPORT. ALTHOUGH NEW HAVEN
AIRPORT ONLY RECORDED A PEAK WIND GUSTS TO 37 MPH AT 128AM,
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 103 MPH WERE RECORDED ONLY A MILE OR SO TO
THE SOUTH AT THE LIGHTHOUSE POINT WEATHER FLOW STATION IN NEW
HAVEN AT 130AM. JUST TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA, A 97 MPH
WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE MORGAN POINT MESONET AT 126A M AND
AN 86 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT THE SILVER SANDS BEACH MESONET IN
EAST HAVEN CT AT 129AM. DOZENS OF TREES AND ELECTRICAL POLES WERE
DOWNED ACROSS PORTIONS OF AN APPROXIMATELY 1.25 SQUARE MILE AREA,
WITH COLLATERAL DAMAGES TO HOMES AND CARS, FOR COMMUNITIES FROM
THE SOUTHERN END OF MORRIS COVE SOUTHWARD TO THE NEW HAVEN
SHOREFRONT AND EASTWARD TO THE EAST HAVEN SHOREFRONT. THIS
INCLUDED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE CAROUSEL BUILDING AT LIGHTHOUSE
POINT PARK, WHOSE WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT, EXTERIOR FACADE DAMAGED,
AND SUPPORT COLUMNS ASKEW. THE DOWNBURST LIKELY MOVED OVER THE
OPEN WATER OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND WEAKENED BY AROUND 135AM. THE
DAMAGE TO THE TREES, POWERLINES, AND BUILDING ARE CONSISTENT WITH
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS OF 85 TO 105 MPH.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK CONNECTICUT
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY, BROADCAST
MEDIA, AND SPOTTERS WHO SHARED VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE, AND
THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO SHARED REPORTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, IN
ASSISTING THE SURVEY AND FORMULATING THIS PRELIMINARY DAMAGE
REPORT.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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