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Tropical Storm — Hartford, Connecticut
August 28, 2011 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Numerous trees, wires, and power poles were downed in Glastonbury (Route 17), New Britain (Pendleton Road, Pinehurst Avenue, and Grand Street), East Hartford (Larrabee and Tolland Streets, Woodlawn Circle), South Windsor (Long Hill Road), Newington (Pebble Drive), West Hartford (Waterside Lane), Hartford (Hungerford Street), East Windsor, Plantsville, Suffield, and Enfield (Pearl and Pierce Streets). Several of these trees fell onto houses. The Automated Surface Observing System at Bradley International Airport (KBDL) recorded sustained wind speeds of 26 knots (30 mph) and wind gusts to 44 knots (51 mph). The Automated Surface Observing System at Hartford-Brainard Airport (KHFD) recorded sustained winds of 21 knots (24 mph) and wind gusts to 40 knots (46 mph).
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.