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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.

Flood

Litchfield, CT · Jan 23, 2018

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.

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Flash Flood

Fairfield, CT · Sep 23, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Fairfield, CT · Sep 23, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Hartford, CT · Jul 9, 2021

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…

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Flash Flood

Tolland, CT · Jul 9, 2021

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…

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Flood

Hartford, CT · Jul 9, 2021

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…

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Flood

Tolland, CT · Jul 9, 2021

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…

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Tropical Storm

Hartford, CT · Jul 9, 2021

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…

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Flood

Northern Litchfield, CT · Jul 16, 1996

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.

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Flash Flood

New Haven, CT · Apr 16, 2018

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.

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Flash Flood

New Haven, CT · Apr 16, 2018

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.

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Flash Flood

New Haven, CT · Apr 16, 2018

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.

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Flash Flood

Fairfield, CT · Apr 16, 2018

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.

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Flash Flood

Fairfield, CT · Apr 16, 2018

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.

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Flash Flood

New Haven, CT · Apr 16, 2018

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.

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Flash Flood

Fairfield, CT · Apr 16, 2018

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.

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Flash Flood

Fairfield, CT · Apr 16, 2018

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.

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Flood

Hartford, CT · Oct 2, 2018

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.

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Flood

Hartford, CT · Oct 2, 2018

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.

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Flood

Hartford, CT · Oct 2, 2018

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.

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Flood

Hartford, CT · Oct 2, 2018

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.

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Flood

Hartford, CT · Oct 2, 2018

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.

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Flash Flood

New Haven, CT · Jul 22, 2019

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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Flash Flood

New London, CT · Jul 22, 2019

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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