000 NOUS41 KBOX 112131 PNSBOX CTZ002-120130- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 531 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012 ...MICROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ CONFIRMED NEAR GLASTONBURY IN HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT... LOCATION...GLASTONBURY IN HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT DATE...AUGUST 10 2012 ESTIMATED TIME...430 PM ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...ONE-HALF MILE PATH LENGTH...TWO AND ONE-HALF MILES FATALITIES...0 INJURIES...0 THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON MA HAS CONFIRMED A MICROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ IN GLASTONBURY IN HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT ON AUGUST 10 2012. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TAUNTON CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY OF WIND DAMAGE IN EASTERN GLASTONBURY. THE DAMAGE AREA EXTENDED FROM HOMESTEAD DRIVE...PADDOK STREET AND WASSUC ROAD TO JUST NORTH OF HEBRON AVENUE. THE HOMESTEAD DRIVE/PADDOK STREET AND BUTLER DRIVE/NEEDLETREE LANE AREAS EXPERIENCED THE MOST CONCENTRATED TREE DAMAGE. IN THESE TWO AREAS NUMEROUS TREES WERE EITHER UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF NEAR THE TREE BASE. IN THE BUTLER DRIVE/NEEDLETREE LANE AREA UPWARDS OF 30 TO 40 TREES WERE UPROOTED WITH THREE HOUSES SUSTAINING SOME DAMAGE. IN THE BUTLER DRIVE/ NEEDLETREE LANE AREA IT IS ESTIMATED THAT WIND SPEEDS RANGED FROM 85 TO 100 MPH. IN THE AREA OF HOMESTEAD DRIVE AND PADDOK STREET AREA THE ESTIMATED WINDS RANGED FROM 75 TO 90 MPH. OUTSIDE OF THESE TWO CORE DAMAGE AREAS THE ESTIMATED WIND SPEED WAS 55 TO 80 MPH. THERE WAS ALSO CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE AROUND A HOME ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEIR STREET NEAR ROARING BROOK. THE TREE DAMAGE TAPERED OFF NEAR HEBRON AVENUE WITH ONLY MINOR TREE DAMAGE AS FAR NORTH AS MOUNTAIN ROAD IN GLASTONBURY. WHILE THE GREATEST WIDTH OF THE DAMAGE FIELD WAS ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE... MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS ONE-QUARTER MILE IN WIDTH. THE CORE OF THE STRONGEST WINDS WAS 100 TO 200 YARDS WIDE. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/BOX. FOR REFERENCE... A MICROBURST IS A CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFT WITH AN AFFECTED OUTFLOW AREA OF LESS THAN 2 1/2 MILES WIDE AND PEAK WINDS LASTING LESS THAN 5 MINUTES. MICROBURSTS MAY INDUCE DANGEROUS HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL WIND SHEARS...WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ARE GENERALLY ANY WIND THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ROTATION...USED MAINLY TO DIFFERENTIATE THEM FROM TORNADIC WINDS. $$ AED
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