943
WGUS71 KOKX 181634
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1234 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2024
CTC001-009-181930-
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FAIRFIELD CT-NEW HAVEN CT-
1234 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL FAIRFIELD AND NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN
COUNTIES...
AT 1234 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 3 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WATERBURY, DANBURY, NAUGATUCK, SOUTHBURY, WOLCOTT, SHERMAN,
NEWTOWN, CHESHIRE, RIDGEFIELD, BETHEL, BROOKFIELD, NEW FAIRFIELD,
PROSPECT, REDDING, MIDDLEBURY AND OXFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING
SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA
SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
IF YOU ARE IN A BASEMENT, BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A HIGHER FLOOR.
LAT...LON 4128 7351 4128 7354 4155 7353 4158 7347
4149 7344 4151 7339 4147 7331 4149 7333
4151 7332 4151 7316 4156 7316 4157 7309
4161 7306 4161 7302 4163 7302 4164 7294
4156 7295 4156 7291 4153 7291 4140 7334
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
JM
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