Mar 21, 2003
The season's first Bermuda high became established off the Atlantic coast from March 17 through 19. Across northwest Connecticut, temperatures climbed well above the freezing mark, allowing the unusually deep winter snow pack to begin to melt in earnest. A weak cold front then dropped south from eastern Canada, cooling temperatures down by the 20th. However, this front lifted right back north as a warm front loaded with moisture on March 20 and 21. This warm front brought 1 to 2 inches of rain
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5350240). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Litchfield County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.