16,000 CT Residents Lose Power As Strong Storm Knocks Down Trees Across State

At one point 30,000 Connecticut residents were without power on Tuesday, but that number has dropped to 16,823.

Here are the towns reporting the most outages as of mid Tuesday afternoon: Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, Groton, Lyme, Somers, Stamford, Suffield, Weston, Windham, and Woodstock.

Original post: More than 30,000 Connecticut residents are waking up without power Tuesday as a powerful storm knocked down trees and power lines across the state.

Some school districts have announced delays too.

Eversource is reporting 30,553 outages, and United Illuminating Co. is reporting 79 outages.

Here are towns with more than 1,000 outages: Ashford, 1,078, Coventry, 1,938, Groton, 1,765, Somers, 1,054, Stamford, 1,718, Somers, 1,021, Thompson, 1,098, Weston, 1,085 Willington, 1,085.

Towns reporting more than 500 outages include Canterbury, Chaplin, Columbia, Greenwich, Hebron, Lebanon, Mansfield, Portland, Tolland, Vernon, Woodstock, and New Haven.

Towns reporting more than 100 outages include: Andover, Barkhamsted, Bethlehem, Bolton, Brooklyn, Burlington, Canaan, Colchester, East Haddam, Eastford, Enfield, Glastonbury, Griswold, Haddam, Hampton, Hartford, Hebron, Killingly, Killingworth, Lisbon, Lyme, Manchester, Middletown, Monroe, New Canaan, New Hartford, New Milford, Newtown, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Pomfret, Preston, Prospect, Putnam, Ridgefield, Salem, Sharon, Sherman, South Windsor, Stafford, Sterling, Voluntown, Washington, Waterbury, West Hartford, Wilton, and Windham.

"Wind Advisory remains in effect until 8am, then the gusts drop below 30 mph," said WFSB 3 TV meteorologists. "Careful traveling because wind gusts as high as 60 mph overnight knocked down tree limbs, trees, and power lines. 1-2″ of rainfall also caused river levels to rise and minor flooding is expected until 2pm along the Housatonic River at the Stevenson Dam. A flurry can’t be ruled out, otherwise increasing sunshine, breezy, and in the 30s. Behind this storm system, for St. Patrick’s Day today, we’re dry and brighter, but cooler and breezy. Temps that peak in the lower 40s will feel more like the 30s thanks to the breeze."

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Wind gusts reported across the state as shared by the National Weather Service:

• Danbury Airport 37 MPH
• Bridgeport Airport 36 MPH
• Middletown - Rt9nb - On Ramp 38 MPH
• New Haven Airport 43 MPH
• Meriden Airport 36 MPH
• Waterbury Airport 36 MPH
• Groton 38 MPH
• Groton Airport 36 MPH

Here are the extended forecast details via the National Weather Service:

Today Scattered sprinkles between 2pm and 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. West wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 22. West wind 6 to 9 mph.

Wednesday Increasing clouds, with a high near 40. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday Partly sunny, with a high near 53. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Friday Night A chance of rain after 11pm, mixing with snow after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday A chance of rain and snow before 8am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. West wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night A chance of rain before 11pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. West wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.