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Connecticut Flood Stories

420 first-hand accounts of flood events in Connecticut, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

New Haven, CT · Sep 1, 2021

Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southern Connecticut during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.

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Flash Flood

New Haven, CT · Sep 2, 2021

Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southern Connecticut during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.

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Flash Flood

New Haven, CT · Sep 2, 2021

Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southern Connecticut during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.

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Flash Flood

New London, CT · Sep 2, 2021

Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southern Connecticut during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.

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Flash Flood

Hartford, CT · Sep 2, 2021

On Sept. 1, Tropical Depression Ida tracked northeasward from the central Appalachians and arrived in southern New England late in the day as a remnant low.

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Flood

Hartford, CT · Aug 22, 2021

Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in southwest Rhode Island around noon on August 22nd, then moved slowly northwestward and westward across northern Connecticut and weakened. Henri brought strong wind gusts and flash flooding.

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Flood

New Haven, CT · Sep 2, 2021

Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southern Connecticut during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.

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Flood

New London, CT · Sep 2, 2021

Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southern Connecticut during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.

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Flood

Tolland, CT · Jul 17, 2021

A relatively stationary front meandered across southern New England on the 17th and 18th while low pressure slowly moved along the front. At upper levels, an upper low was moving slowly eastward from the Great Lakes.

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Flood

Windham, CT · Jul 17, 2021

A relatively stationary front meandered across southern New England on the 17th and 18th while low pressure slowly moved along the front. At upper levels, an upper low was moving slowly eastward from the Great Lakes.

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Tropical Storm

Northern New London, CT · Jul 9, 2021

Tropical Storm Elsa with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, made landfall as a strong tropical storm on the panhandle of Florida on the morning of July 7th.

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Tropical Storm

Southern New London, CT · Jul 9, 2021

Tropical Storm Elsa with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, made landfall as a strong tropical storm on the panhandle of Florida on the morning of July 7th.

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Tropical Storm

Northern New London, CT · Aug 22, 2021

Tropical storm Henri with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph made landfall on the Rhode Island coast, near Westerly, at 12:30pm EDT Sunday, August 22. Henri then continued turning to the west as the storm weakened over Connecticut becoming a depression by evening.

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Tropical Storm

Southern Middlesex, CT · Aug 22, 2021

Tropical storm Henri with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph made landfall on the Rhode Island coast, near Westerly, at 12:30pm EDT Sunday, August 22. Henri then continued turning to the west as the storm weakened over Connecticut becoming a depression by evening.

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Tropical Storm

Southern New London, CT · Aug 22, 2021

Tropical storm Henri with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph made landfall on the Rhode Island coast, near Westerly, at 12:30pm EDT Sunday, August 22. Henri then continued turning to the west as the storm weakened over Connecticut becoming a depression by evening.

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Flash Flood

New Haven, CT · Jun 22, 2024

A stationary front was draped across the area on June 22nd under a warm and moist airmass. PWAT values near 1.8 to 2 inches along with MUCAPE values of 1000 to 1500 J/kg allowed for the development of thunderstorms with heavy rainfall on the order of 1-2 per hour rates.

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Tropical Storm

Northern Fairfield, CT · Sep 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southern Connecticut, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 2.76 inches at Groton Airport to 6.45 inches at New Canaan.

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Tropical Storm

Southern Fairfield, CT · Sep 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southern Connecticut, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 2.76 inches at Groton Airport to 6.45 inches at New Canaan.

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Tropical Storm

Southern Middlesex, CT · Sep 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southern Connecticut, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 2.76 inches at Groton Airport to 6.45 inches at New Canaan.

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Tropical Storm

Northern Middlesex, CT · Sep 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southern Connecticut, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 2.76 inches at Groton Airport to 6.45 inches at New Canaan.

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Tropical Storm

Northern New Haven, CT · Sep 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southern Connecticut, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 2.76 inches at Groton Airport to 6.45 inches at New Canaan.

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Tropical Storm

Northern New London, CT · Sep 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southern Connecticut, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 2.76 inches at Groton Airport to 6.45 inches at New Canaan.

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Tropical Storm

Southern New Haven, CT · Sep 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southern Connecticut, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 2.76 inches at Groton Airport to 6.45 inches at New Canaan.

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Tropical Storm

Southern New London, CT · Sep 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southern Connecticut, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 2.76 inches at Groton Airport to 6.45 inches at New Canaan.

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