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Flood — Northern Litchfield, CT

Jan 27, 1996

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. The Housatonic River also flooded from Gaylordsville downstream.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5553617). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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