420 first-hand accounts of flood events in Connecticut, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Following a moderate snowfall event on January 19-20, a strong low pressure system tracking through southern Canada ushered in an unseasonably warm and moist airmass on January 24th. Temperatures surged into the 40s to mid-50s.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A series of thunderstorms developed and dissipated as they moved very slowly over an area covering East Bridgeport and Stratford. Torrential rain caused widespread serious flash flooding of low lying areas, poor drainage areas, and small streams.
Read the full account →A warm front moving across southern New England triggered strong to severe thunderstorms in western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours through the evening.
Read the full account →A warm front moving across southern New England triggered strong to severe thunderstorms in western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours through the evening.
Read the full account →A low pressure system interacted with a plume of tropical moisture as the low slowly moved parallel to the Long Island and south Massachusetts coasts, resulting in excessive rain and flooding across north central and northeast Connecticut.
Read the full account →A warm front moving across southern New England triggered strong to severe thunderstorms in western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours through the evening.
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 →As a low pressure system over the midwest on Monday April 15th, moved northeast, its' associated warm and cold fronts moved across the area during the evening of Tuesday, April 16th.With abundant moisture and unstable air in place, heavy rain and southeast winds gusting over 34…
Read the full account →Torrential record rainfall, which caused serious widespread urban, small stream, and river flooding, preceded the remnants of Hurricane Floyd, which passed over Western Suffolk County of Long Island around 8 pm and across Central Connecticut from 9 pm to 11 pm on the 16th.Death:…
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Floyd moved up the eastern seaboard on September 16 and during the early hours on September 17. The storm brought both high winds and exceptionally heavy rainfall to northwestern Connecticut, which included a large swath of 5 to 8 inch amounts.
Read the full account →Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed over northwestern Connecticut during the afternoon hours on Wednesday, August 2, 2017. This was due to an upper level disturbance passing through the area.
Read the full account →A warm front moving across southern New England triggered strong to severe thunderstorms in western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours through the evening.
Read the full account →A warm front moving across southern New England triggered strong to severe thunderstorms in western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours through the evening.
Read the full account →Low pressure developed over the lower Mississippi Valley on Saturday April 14th, and then moved northeast while intensifying, reaching the southern Appalachians by Sunday morning, April 15th, and then just south of western Long Island by Monday morning, April 16th.
Read the full account →A cold front moving very slowly across Connecticut caused an area of showers and thunderstorms that produced intense rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches in 1 to 3 hours across parts of Hartford County.
Read the full account →An intense area of low pressure which was located over the Mid-Atlantic region on Friday morning January 19th produced unseasonably warm temperatures, high dewpoints and strong winds. This resulted in rapid melting of one to three feet of snow.
Read the full account →A low pressure system interacted with a plume of tropical moisture as the low slowly moved parallel to the Long Island and south Massachusetts coasts, resulting in excessive rain and flooding across north central and northeast Connecticut.
Read the full account →A low pressure system interacted with a plume of tropical moisture as the low slowly moved parallel to the Long Island and south Massachusetts coasts, resulting in excessive rain and flooding across north central and northeast Connecticut.
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 →A slow moving cold front moved across Southern New England and stalled just south of the area. This front was instrumental in bringing tropical moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee into New England.
Read the full account →Tropical moisture in place across southern New England ahead of a cold front resulted in precipitable water values increasing to 2-2.5 inches (2 to 3 times normal).
Read the full account →A low pressure system interacted with a plume of tropical moisture as the low slowly moved parallel to the Long Island and south Massachusetts coasts, resulting in excessive rain and flooding across north central and northeast Connecticut.
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