Flash Flood, New London
- When
- April 16, 1:05 PM EST
- Where
- New London County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 41.504, -72.101 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
31 inches at Norwich.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
As a low pressure system over the midwest on Monday April 15th, moved northeast, its' associated warm and cold fronts moved across the area during the evening of Tuesday, April 16th.With abundant moisture and unstable air in place, heavy rain and southeast winds gusting over 34 knots preceded the frontal passages.Heavy rain caused rapid and significant widespread river, small stream and urban (street, poor drainage and low-lying area) flooding.Here are selected rainfall amounts:o For Fairfield County - from 1.73 inches at Bethel to 5.23 inches at Bridgeport.o For New Haven County - from 2.83 inches at Oxford to 6.10 inches at East Haven.o For Middlesex County - from less than 3 inches over the extreme southeast to at least 6 inches across the extreme northwest parts of the county.o For New London County - from 2.32 inches at Lebanon to 3.31 inches at Norwich.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Washington, April 16, 1996
- Hail in California, April 16, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, April 16 to 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, April 16, 1996
- Hail in California, April 16, 1996
- Debris Flow in Maine, April 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, April 16, 1996
- Hail in California, April 16, 1996
- High Wind in South Carolina, April 16, 1996
- Hail in California, April 16, 1996
- Flooding in New York, April 16, 1996
- Flood in California, April 16, 1996
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, April 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5580573.