Jan 23, 2018
An approaching warm front brought temperatures into the 50s on the 23rd along with a batch of showers. Additional showers occurred in the evening along a cold front, bringing rainfall totals to a half inch to an inch across Litchfield County. The mild temperatures and rainfall caused the Housatonic River to rise in the vicinity of a long-lived ice jam near Kent, resulting in flooding, road closures, and evacuations of houses along the river.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 736020). 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.