Jul 29, 2021
A warm front lifting north and an approaching shortwave trough combined to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across portions of southern Connecticut during the late afternoon and early evening hours. These storms resulted in isolated flash flooding in Fairfield County. CoCoRaHS observations show a narrow swatch of 1.5-2 inches of rainfall across the far southern portion of the county, including 1.54 inches at a station 2.9 miles NNW of Bridgeport.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 976824). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Fairfield County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.