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WGUS41 KOKX 232038
FLWOKX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
438 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2024
CTC001-240045-
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FAIRFIELD CT-
438 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 433 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING
IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ASPETUCK RIVER, SAUGATUCK RIVER AND STILL RIVER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DANBURY, SHELTON, SOUTHBURY, SHERMAN, NEWTOWN, RIDGEFIELD,
MONROE, BETHEL, WILTON AND BROOKFIELD.
- 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 4149 7344 4151 7339 4149 7337 4147 7330
4141 7319 4130 7307 4126 7309 4126 7314
4124 7314 4122 7317 4123 7325 4121 7326
4123 7328 4117 7337 4116 7346 4121 7348
4130 7355 4167 7352 4165 7349
JMC
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