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WGUS71 KALY 131352
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
952 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
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LITCHFIELD CT-
952 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY...
AT 952 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN IN HARTFORD. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING NEAR WASHINGTON AND NEW MILFORD.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW MILFORD, THOMASTON, LITCHFIELD, WOODBURY CENTER, NEW PRESTON,
OAKVILLE, NORTHWEST HARWINTON, TERRYVILLE, GAYLORDSVILLE,
WATERTOWN, PLYMOUTH, WOODBURY, HARWINTON, BETHLEHEM, WASHINGTON,
MORRIS, ROXBURY, BRIDGEWATER, BANTAM AND GULLS HOLLOW.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY BUT SOME AREAS MAY
CONTINUE TO SEE FLOODING AS THE WATER RECEDES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4180 7302 4164 7298 4163 7302 4161 7302
4161 7306 4159 7306 4159 7308 4157 7309
4156 7316 4151 7316 4151 7332 4149 7333
4147 7331 4149 7337 4151 7339 4149 7344
4165 7349
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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