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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
234 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
EASTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
CENTRAL NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.
* AT 234 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE
IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
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...
MERIDEN, MIDDLETOWN, WALLINGFORD, NORWICH, NEW LONDON, GUILFORD,
COLCHESTER, CLINTON, EAST HAMPTON, GROTON, OLD SAYBROOK, DURHAM,
SALEM, CHESTER, CHESHIRE, BRANFORD, NORTH HAVEN, WATERFORD, EAST
LYME AND LEDYARD.
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.
LAT...LON 4159 7239 4161 7233 4164 7210 4131 7196
4129 7202 4130 7208 4129 7214 4130 7216
4127 7219 4125 7241 4126 7241 4124 7255
4126 7259 4125 7267 4123 7270 4152 7290
4160 7241
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DBR
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