Tornado Confirmed, Caused Damage In CT: National Weather Service

CONNECTICUT — A tornado is confirmed to have touched down in Connecticut on Friday, the National Weather Service announced Monday.

The weather service said in a news release that an EF-1 tornado “caused damage” in Scotland in Windham County on Aug. 18.

The tornado reached winds of 100 mph and traveled 2.7 miles and was about 200 yards wide, according to the weather service. It was on the ground from 7:53 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.

No injuries were reported.

“The tornado touched down Bass Road and continued along Route 14 (Huntington Road) and crossed Pinch Street before it eventually lifted near Brook Road,” the weather service wrote. “While there wasn't much in the way of structural damage observed, other than gutter damage to two homes, there was significant tree damage. It was estimated that well over one hundred trees were either downed or sheared off at their tops.”

The Scotland tornado was one of five tornadoes confirmed to have touchdown down in southern New England on Friday morning, according to the weather service. The other tornadoes were confirmed in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.