CT Weather: 4 Tornadoes Confirmed By National Weather Service

CONNECTICUT — The National Weather Service confirmed what Connecticut's leading meteorologists said on Saturday and that is there were several tornadoes that touched down across the state.

The strongest tornado to hit Connecticut on Saturday afternoon was in Stonington as 90 mph winds were reported. Next strongest was Branford with 85 mph wind gusts and Cheshire reported 75 mph wind gusts.

And on late Sunday, the weather service confirmed a fourth tornado touched down in Connecticut on Saturday in Plainfield.

Stonington tornado details via the weather service

The tornado began in Stonington and ended in Westerly, Rhode Island. The tornado began at 4:54 p.m. and ended at 5 p.m. It was an EF-1 tornado, which means there were maximum wind gusts up to 90 mph. The tornado went 1.35 miles and no injuries were reported.

"At approximately 4:54 pm est on Saturday, November 13th, 2021 a tornado touched down on Robinson Street in the Pawcatuck neighborhood of Stonington, Connecticut. Several hardwood trees were uprooted or snapped about halfway up the trunk. A gutter was ripped off of one home, while shutters were ripped off of another.

"Several trampolines were lifted, with one becoming stuck on a powerline approximately 20 feet in the air. On Robinson Street, Crossroad Race Street, a metal shed was lifted and flipped before being crushed by a large maple branch, with an approximate diameter of 15 inches.

"Several street signs were also snapped at their base. The tornado then continued on a northeast track into Westerly, Rhode Island, where it crossed RT 78 onto Center Street, where approximately 20 large, healthy hardwood trees were uprooted. A wood outbuilding was also flipped onto its side. The tornado then crossed onto Hillview Drive before lifting at approximately 5:00 pm est."

Branford tornado details via the weather servide

The National Weather Service survey team confirmed that an EFO tornado touched down in Branford at 3:44 p.m. and continued until 3:46 p.m. Saturday. The maximum wind gusts reached 85 mph and the tornado traveled nearly 2 miles. No one was inured.

"A narrow tornado path of 25 (yard) width began near Pine Orchard and Oak Hollow roads and continued northeast...With uprooted hardwood trees showing evidence of a convergent damage pattern, the damage path widened to 300 yards at The Francis Walsh Intermediate School field where several light tower generators were all toppled by straight line winds...

"While the eastern 100 yards of this area along Sunset Hill Drive continued to show a convergent damage pattern the tornado continued on toward the top of Whiting Hill Road where the path narrowed to about 75 yards and where the most intense damage occurred where some pine trees in a loop at the top of the road were snapped in two.

"The damage path continued northeast to Gould Road, where the tornado apparently lifted just before reaching the Governor John Davis Lodge turnpike."

Tornado confirmed in Cheshire

The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down in Cheshire on Saturday afternoon, according to Town Manager Sean Kimball. Kimball said that officials took a National Weather Service official on a damage tour of Cheshire on Sunday afternoon.

“They’ve confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down at 3:30pm yesterday near Higgins/Mountain Rd and proceeded NE through the center of town ending near Country Club Rd.,” Kimball wrote in a post on Twitter.

Plainfield tornado details via the weather service

The tornado touched down at 4:48 p.m. and continued until 5:02 p.m. and winds gusted to 80 mph. The tornado traveled 6.1 miles in Rhode Island.

"Based on definitive radar confirmation of a tornado debris signature and video footage from our media partners we confirm that an EF-0 touched down in Plainfield, Connecticut at approximately 4:48 PM EST on Saturday, November 13th, 2021.

"Several hardwood trees were uprooted on a hilltop on Sterling Hill Rd near Goshen Rd. The tornado then proceeded along a northeast track into Rhode Island, where it made intermittent contact with the ground for 6 miles; ending at the Cucumber Hill Farm in Foster Rhode Island at approximately 5:02 PM EST. Sheared trees and downed hardwood trees were observed on the farm. A heavy, large red trailer was also moved approximately 50 feet."

With reporting by Vinnie Salzo, Patch editor