Flash Flood Warning

Locations Affected

Beacon Falls, CT ∙ Prospect, CT ∙ Seymour, CT ∙ Hamden, CT ∙ Bethany, CT ∙ Ansonia, CT ∙ Cheshire Village, CT ∙ Woodbridge, CT ∙ Derby, CT ∙ Cheshire, CT

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service New York NY 609 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024 The National Weather Service in Upton has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Fairfield County in southern Connecticut... Central New Haven County in southern Connecticut... * Until 815 PM EDT. * At 609 PM EDT, emergency management reported water rescues and widespread flooding in Oxford, Seymour, and Cheshire. Between 2 and 5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 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...Emergency management reported. 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, Waterbury, Meriden, Wallingford, Shelton, Naugatuck, Wolcott, Hamden, Cheshire, North Haven, Seymour, Orange, Derby, Prospect, Woodbridge, Beacon Falls, Bethany, West Haven, Ansonia and Oxford. 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. && LAT...LON 4158 7303 4159 7306 4161 7306 4161 7302 4163 7302 4164 7298 4164 7294 4156 7295 4156 7288 4155 7287 4155 7285 4157 7285 4157 7283 4155 7282 4132 7290 4129 7304 4128 7315 4130 7320 4149 7305 FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

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