420 first-hand accounts of flood events in Connecticut, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An isolated severe thunderstorm brought damaging winds and urbanized flash flooding to Simsbury, causing about one third of the town to lose power.The storm, which caused little damage in surrounding towns, toppled trees and snapped branches, particularly in the center of town.
Read the full account →A cold front moved across eastern New York and western New England on Wednesday, December 10th, ushering a cold airmass into the region. A low pressure system developed over the southeast states Wednesday and Wednesday night.
Read the full account →A high amplitude, negatively tilted trough moving across the Great Lakes and into New England along with cold and warm front provided strong forcing which resulted in flooding, wind damage, and 5 tornadoes.
Read the full account →An occluded front coupled with shortwave energy moving through associated with a vigorous upper low over the Great Lakes, combined to produce an isolated severe thunderstorm over New London County, CT. Training of cells also caused severe flash flooding.
Read the full account →Five to seven inches of rain fell across southeast New London County from late morning into the early afternoon on July 1, 2009. Very wet conditions also preceded this event with rainfall 2 1/2 to 3 inches above normal in Connecticut during the month of June.
Read the full account →A low pressure system over the upper Great Lakes produced a general rainfall of one to two inches across Litchfield County Connecticut. This amount of rainfall on already saturated soil brought many small streams across the county out of their banks.
Read the full account →The remnants of tropical storm Allison joined forces with a slow moving cold front from the west, to produce torrential rainfall over much of Litchfield County on June 17.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary across northwest Connecticut interacted with a strong upper level disturbance from July 15 into July 16. The result, was a slow moving low pressure area which formed over Virginia.
Read the full account →The remnants of tropical storm Allison joined forces with a slow moving cold front from the west, to produce torrential rainfall over much of Litchfield County on June 17.
Read the full account →The remnants of tropical storm Allison joined forces with a slow moving cold front from the west, to produce torrential rainfall over much of Litchfield County on June 17.
Read the full account →Strong low pressure shifted northeast through the eastern Great Lakes on January 13, 2024, sending a warm front through during the morning hours, followed quickly by a cold front.
Read the full account →Strong low pressure shifted northeast through the eastern Great Lakes on January 13, 2024, sending a warm front through during the morning hours, followed quickly by a cold front.
Read the full account →Strong low pressure shifted northeast through the eastern Great Lakes on January 13, 2024, sending a warm front through during the morning hours, followed quickly by a cold front.
Read the full account →Strong low pressure shifted northeast through the eastern Great Lakes on January 13, 2024, sending a warm front through during the morning hours, followed quickly by a cold front.
Read the full account →Low pressure produced 1 to 3 inches of rain across much of western New England during December 1 through the morning of December 2. This amount of rainfall during the late fall season resulted in flooding across parts of Litchfield County.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary remained over the area which produced multiple rounds of torrential rainfall form heavy thunderstorms from July 9th through July 10th.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary over the area provided a focus for convection to develop in the afternoon on July 4th. CAPE values of greater than 2000 J/kg and PWAT values near 1.8-2 allowed thunderstorms that developed along the stationary front to slowly drift southward while…
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary over the area provided a focus for convection to develop in the afternoon on July 4th. CAPE values of greater than 2000 J/kg and PWAT values near 1.8-2 allowed thunderstorms that developed along the stationary front to slowly drift southward while…
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary over the area provided a focus for convection to develop in the afternoon on July 4th. CAPE values of greater than 2000 J/kg and PWAT values near 1.8-2 allowed thunderstorms that developed along the stationary front to slowly drift southward while…
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary over the area provided a focus for convection to develop in the afternoon on July 4th. CAPE values of greater than 2000 J/kg and PWAT values near 1.8-2 allowed thunderstorms that developed along the stationary front to slowly drift southward while…
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary over the area provided a focus for convection to develop in the afternoon on July 4th. CAPE values of greater than 2000 J/kg and PWAT values near 1.8-2 allowed thunderstorms that developed along the stationary front to slowly drift southward while…
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary over the area provided a focus for convection to develop in the afternoon on July 4th. CAPE values of greater than 2000 J/kg and PWAT values near 1.8-2 allowed thunderstorms that developed along the stationary front to slowly drift southward while…
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary remained over the area which produced multiple rounds of torrential rainfall form heavy thunderstorms from July 9th through July 10th.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary remained over the area which produced multiple rounds of torrential rainfall form heavy thunderstorms from July 9th through July 10th.
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