420 first-hand accounts of flood events in Connecticut, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An approaching warm front brought temperatures into the 50s on the 23rd along with a batch of showers. Additional showers occurred in the evening along a cold front, bringing rainfall totals to a half inch to an inch across Litchfield County.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front brought slow moving thunderstorms with heavy rain through the area on the evening of September 23rd into early morning on the 24th. Rainfall amounts generally ranged from 1-3 inches with some locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front brought slow moving thunderstorms with heavy rain through the area on the evening of September 23rd into early morning on the 24th. Rainfall amounts generally ranged from 1-3 inches with some locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Rhode Island on Friday morning before moving into the Gulf of Maine. It interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and brought widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 3.5 inches and gusty winds along the south coast, which caused scattered tree…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Rhode Island on Friday morning before moving into the Gulf of Maine. It interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and brought widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 3.5 inches and gusty winds along the south coast, which caused scattered tree…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Rhode Island on Friday morning before moving into the Gulf of Maine. It interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and brought widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 3.5 inches and gusty winds along the south coast, which caused scattered tree…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Rhode Island on Friday morning before moving into the Gulf of Maine. It interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and brought widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 3.5 inches and gusty winds along the south coast, which caused scattered tree…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Rhode Island on Friday morning before moving into the Gulf of Maine. It interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and brought widespread heavy rainfall of 2 to 3.5 inches and gusty winds along the south coast, which caused scattered tree…
Read the full account →Additional rain from a cold front which crossed New England on July 15, caused the Housatonic River in Litchfield County to go above flood stage. The rain fell upon saturated soil due to the passage of Tropical Storm Bertha on July 13.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall developed across the area on the morning of April 16th ahead of a slow moving warm front. This rain developed in an environment with precipitable water values greater than 1.25 inches, well above normal for mid April.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall developed across the area on the morning of April 16th ahead of a slow moving warm front. This rain developed in an environment with precipitable water values greater than 1.25 inches, well above normal for mid April.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall developed across the area on the morning of April 16th ahead of a slow moving warm front. This rain developed in an environment with precipitable water values greater than 1.25 inches, well above normal for mid April.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall developed across the area on the morning of April 16th ahead of a slow moving warm front. This rain developed in an environment with precipitable water values greater than 1.25 inches, well above normal for mid April.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall developed across the area on the morning of April 16th ahead of a slow moving warm front. This rain developed in an environment with precipitable water values greater than 1.25 inches, well above normal for mid April.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall developed across the area on the morning of April 16th ahead of a slow moving warm front. This rain developed in an environment with precipitable water values greater than 1.25 inches, well above normal for mid April.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall developed across the area on the morning of April 16th ahead of a slow moving warm front. This rain developed in an environment with precipitable water values greater than 1.25 inches, well above normal for mid April.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall developed across the area on the morning of April 16th ahead of a slow moving warm front. This rain developed in an environment with precipitable water values greater than 1.25 inches, well above normal for mid April.
Read the full account →Cool northeast flow was in place across the region but a warm front attempted to move north through Connecticut just as a mid-level short wave trough was approaching. Low pressure from the Midwest moved along the boundary, crossing New England at night.
Read the full account →Cool northeast flow was in place across the region but a warm front attempted to move north through Connecticut just as a mid-level short wave trough was approaching. Low pressure from the Midwest moved along the boundary, crossing New England at night.
Read the full account →Cool northeast flow was in place across the region but a warm front attempted to move north through Connecticut just as a mid-level short wave trough was approaching. Low pressure from the Midwest moved along the boundary, crossing New England at night.
Read the full account →Cool northeast flow was in place across the region but a warm front attempted to move north through Connecticut just as a mid-level short wave trough was approaching. Low pressure from the Midwest moved along the boundary, crossing New England at night.
Read the full account →Cool northeast flow was in place across the region but a warm front attempted to move north through Connecticut just as a mid-level short wave trough was approaching. Low pressure from the Midwest moved along the boundary, crossing New England at night.
Read the full account →Flow parallel to a stalled frontal boundary across the region allowed showers and thunderstorms to train across the area during the afternoon and evening hours.
Read the full account →Flow parallel to a stalled frontal boundary across the region allowed showers and thunderstorms to train across the area during the afternoon and evening hours.
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