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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1008 AM EDT SUN SEP 13 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.
* AT 1008 AM 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 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...
JEWETT CITY, NORWICH, NEW LONDON, COLCHESTER, GROTON, SALEM,
MYSTIC, WATERFORD, EAST LYME, LEDYARD, GRISWOLD, EAST HADDAM, OLD
LYME, LEBANON, PRESTON, LISBON, SPRAGUE, BOZRAH, VOLUNTOWN AND
LYME.
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.
LAT...LON 4159 7245 4161 7233 4164 7233 4167 7227
4169 7227 4171 7224 4166 7216 4163 7195
4164 7179 4142 7180 4141 7184 4134 7183
4132 7185 4133 7190 4131 7191 4132 7194
4129 7201 4130 7209 4127 7222
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DBR
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