Wind Topples Tree On Nortontown Road In Madison; Tornado Destroys Sports Bubble In East Windsor

A tree, which may have been blown down by a wind gust, knocked down power lines on Nortontown Road in Madison early Monday afternoon. 

CL&P arrived with a tree crew around 1:30 p.m. and worked to clear the tree from the lines, before restoring power. Police closed down Nortontown Road by the intersection with Green Hill Road, near the exit ramp form I-95.

CL&P officials said  881 CL&P customer were affected for about an hour, and that power was fully restored by 2:30 p.m.  

Elsewhere in the state, there were tornado warnings in Fairfield, Litchfield, and Hartford counties on Monday afternoon.

Near East Windsor and Windsor Locks, two lanes of southbound I-91 were blocked after the roof of the East Windsor Sports World bubble blew onto the highway during Monday afternoon's severe wind and rainstorm, Windsor Locks Patch is reporting. That has been confirmed as a tornado. For more on that story, read the story on Windsor Locks Patch.