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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
118 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
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FAIRFIELD CT-NEW HAVEN CT-
118 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD AND WESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES...
AT 118 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 2 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
BRIDGEPORT, NEW HAVEN, STAMFORD, WATERBURY, NORWALK, MILFORD,
SHELTON, NAUGATUCK, SOUTHBURY, NEW CANAAN, WOLCOTT, NEWTOWN,
FAIRFIELD, GREENWICH, HAMDEN, STRATFORD, TRUMBULL, CHESHIRE,
WESTPORT AND NORTH HAVEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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.
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 4123 7344 4139 7332 4147 7318 4152 7316
4156 7316 4164 7296 4123 7286 4123 7291
4125 7292 4119 7300 4120 7305 4117 7310
4114 7310 4116 7318 4110 7326 4112 7330
4103 7341 4104 7344 4098 7365 4119 7354
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DBR
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