Hartford County, Connecticut

Four to ten inches of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Irene resulted in the Pequabuck River overflowing its banks. This led to flooding on roads and homes along the river throughout Bristol. Flooded roads ran approximately three and a half feet deep. A 46 year old man went canoeing in floodwaters. He drowned when his canoe capsized and he was unable to make it to shore. At least 50 people were evacuated from areas around the river, and took shelter at Chippens Hill Middle School. The river flooding undermined at least 7 feet of Route 72 eastbound, washing out this portion of the road. Numerous houses and businesses were affected by the flooding. Forty high water rescues took place in Bristol.

There was widespread, damaging flash flooding throughout Manchester. Fire officials evacuated 18 homes due to flash flooding. The Hartford Courant newspaper had a photo of a culvert collapse on Ambassador Drive, after Lydall Brook overflowed its banks. The culvert running under Ambassador Drive collapsed, destroying that secion of road. On Prospect Street, at least four first-floor condominiums at the Millbridge Hollow Condominium complex when the Hop Brook overflowed its banks. Floodwaters also entered the first floor of the Highland Park Elementary School when the Porter Brook overflowed its banks. At 356 PM EST, WFSB-TV showed a video of major flash flooding on Gerard Street, with first responders canoeing to the front door of a residence. Other streets with significant flooding included Lydall Street, Middle Turnpike East, and Route 83 near Vernon. A CoCoRaHS observer in Manchester recorded a total of 5.68 inches from Henri, the majority of which fell during the afternoon of August 22.

A brief tornado touchdown occurred on the east side of Rockwell Park and had an intermittent damage path, mostly at the tree top level, to the end of High Street. Straight line winds appeared to be the main cause of damage in Bristol, however, damage from a small, brief tornado was also evident. Trees felled in different directions, tree tops twisted off, and shearing off of tree tops were the nature of tree damage viewed by NWS Storm Survey team members in the area of High and Blakeslee Streets. This is consistent with low end EF1 tornado damage. Damage was consistent with a maximum wind speed of about 90 mph. Numerous trees were downed, bringing down wires and power lines, as well as moving a garage off its foundation, blowing lawn furniture several houses down the street, and crushing an above ground pool. The Imagine Nation Museum which was very near the damage path recorded a wind gust of 67 mph on their anemometer.