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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
402 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2024
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FAIRFIELD CT-NEW HAVEN CT-
402 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2024
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTRAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY TOWARD
NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR CENTRAL FAIRFIELD AND NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES...
AT 402 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN IN CENTRAL FAIRFIELD TO NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES. WIDESPREAD
WATER RESCUES ARE TAKING PLACE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHBURY AREA.
SEVERAL MUDSLIDES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED. BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES
IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTRAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY TOWARD
NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW! LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER
CROSSINGS, SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WATERBURY, DANBURY, SHELTON, NAUGATUCK, SOUTHBURY, NEWTOWN,
FAIRFIELD, TRUMBULL, RIDGEFIELD, MONROE, BETHEL, WILTON,
BROOKFIELD, WESTON, REDDING, MIDDLEBURY, BEACON FALLS, GEORGETOWN,
OXFORD AND EASTON.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS REPORTING WIDESPREAD WATER RESCUES TAKING PLACE
FROM CENTRAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INTO NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY. IN
ADDITION TO REPORTS OF SEVERAL MUDSLIDES, SOME ROAD WASHOUTS HAVE
ALSO BEEN REPORTED, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE SOUTHBURY AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY 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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 4151 7339 4149 7337 4147 7331 4149 7333
4151 7332 4151 7316 4156 7316 4157 7309
4159 7308 4159 7306 4158 7303 4149 7305
4132 7319 4122 7329 4122 7349 4123 7350
4151 7340
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.75-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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