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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1257 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.
* AT 1257 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS
1 TO 2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 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 AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW HAVEN, MILFORD, WALLINGFORD, SHELTON, GUILFORD, HAMDEN,
STRATFORD, TRUMBULL, BRANFORD, NORTH HAVEN, MONROE, SEYMOUR, NORTH
BRANFORD, ORANGE, DERBY, WOODBRIDGE, BETHANY, WEST HAVEN, EAST
HAVEN AND ANSONIA.
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
IF YOU ARE IN A BASEMENT, BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A HIGHER FLOOR.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4144 7286 4123 7270 4124 7273 4123 7276
4123 7278 4124 7278 4123 7280 4123 7286
4124 7287 4123 7290 4124 7292 4125 7292
4119 7300 4120 7305 4117 7310 4115 7309
4114 7311 4136 7322
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DBR
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