Aug 18, 2024
A frontal system over the area on August 18th allowed for the development of rain early in the morning. As the day progressed, mesoscale features including multiple boundary interactions and a mesolow allowed thunderstorms to continue to intensify with persistent back-building and training over the same areas in southern Connecticut. These thunderstorms produced anywhere from 3-4.5 inch per hour rainfall rates resulting in several considerable Flash Flood Warnings and a Flash Flood Emergency bei
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1213878). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in New Haven County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.