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Flash Flood — Litchfield, CT

Jul 9, 2023

A strong upper-level system brought widespread rounds of showers and thunderstorms to northwestern Connecticut on July 9-10, 2023. Northern and western portions of the county were hardest hit with rainfall amounts between 4 and 7 inches. This resulted in numerous reports of flash flooding and washed out roads and culverts.||A local declaration of emergency was issued in the Town of Norfolk following flash flood damage along Route 272. The damage along this road caused some homes to become isolat

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1117687). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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