Flood Watches in Connecticut
298 flood watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 298
- Busiest year
- 202337 flood watches
- Average year
- 15over 20 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2:20 AM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 36 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:20 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 38 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:27 PM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 29 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:38 AM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 19 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:49 PM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 47 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:31 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 53 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:07 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 54 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:31 PM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 29 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:51 AM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 46 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 60 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:12 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 47 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:22 PM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 36 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.