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WGUS41 KOKX 231948
FLWOKX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
348 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2024
CTC001-240045-
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FAIRFIELD CT-
348 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, FAIRFIELD.
* WHEN...UNTIL 845 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW
MOVING OR STANDING WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 346 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ASPETUCK RIVER, RIPPOWAM RIVER AND SAUGATUCK RIVER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRIDGEPORT, STAMFORD, NORWALK, SHELTON, NEW CANAAN,
FAIRFIELD, GREENWICH, STRATFORD, TRUMBULL, WESTPORT, DARIEN
AND WILTON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS, CULVERTS, CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.
LAT...LON 4110 7373 4121 7348 4115 7345 4126 7309
4115 7310 4117 7318 4118 7318 4113 7329
4115 7327 4105 7342 4108 7339 4112 7341
4106 7343 4100 7364 4099 7361 4098 7363
JMC
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