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Flash Flood — Litchfield, CT

Jul 13, 1996

The remnants of Hurricane Bertha tracked from the Mid-Atlantic region northeast to Quebec, Canada between Saturday morning July 13 to Sunday morning July 14. Three to five inches of rain was common across Litchfield County. Several roads and streams were flooded throughout the county. Scattered power outages also occurred across Litchfield County, when strong winds downed water-laden tree branches onto wires.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5581472). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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