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National Weather Service confirms tornado in Coventry at 4am this morning

Here is the full statement:

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN COVENTRY CT...

START LOCATION...COVENTRY IN TOLLAND COUNTY CT

END LOCATION...COVENTRY IN TOLLAND COUNTY CT

DATE...SEP 9 2021

ESTIMATED TIME...410 AM EDT

MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0

ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH

MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS

PATH LENGTH...0.75 MILES

BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.750/-72.299

ENDING LAT/LON...41.757/-72.288

* FATALITIES...0

* INJURIES...0

...SUMMARY...

THE SHORT LIVED TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE

INTERSECTION OF SOUTH ST AND PUCKET ST, DOWNING SEVERAL LARGE TREES

IN A FIELD. IT HAD A DISCONTINUOUS PATH AS IT TRAVELED TO THE

EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS A WOODED AREA WHERE IT CREATED POCKETS OF

TREE DAMAGE. IT THEN TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION

OF FLANDERS RD AND NATHAN HALE DR WHERE IT DAMAGED POWER LINES AND

THEN AGAIN MOVED THROUGH A WOODED AREA. AT LEAST 50 TREES WERE

DAMAGED IN THIS AREA, WITH MANY HAVING THEIR TOPS SHEARED OFF.

OVER A DOZEN TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. IT APPEARS THE TORNADO

DISSIPATED QUICKLY AFTER THAT AS NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS

OBSERVED FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST. THERE WAS ALSO NO DAMAGE TO ANY

OF THE HOMES IN THE AREA. TWO RESIDENTS REPORTED HEARING THE

TORNADO WARNING, MOVING TO SAFETY IN THEIR BASEMENT AND THEN

ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER HEARING A LOUD WIND THAT LASTED JUST MOMENTS.

THE TORNADO IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND NO MORE THAN

90 SECONDS.

WE WANT TO THANK CT DEMHS OFFICIALS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN COVENTRY,

AND THE RESIDENTS WHO WERE IMPACTED FOR ASSISTANCE ON THE SURVEY. WE

ALSO APPRECIATE THE DRONE FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY NBC CONNECTICUT WHICH

GREATLY HELPED IN IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NOT EASILY REACHED

VIA GROUND SURVEY.

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