Connecticut, 1996

Heavy Rain in Connecticut, August 4, 1996

August 4, 1996 · NWS BOX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A strong thunderstorm dumped an inch of rain in just 30 minutes.

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 BOX wrote it up.

A strong thunderstorm dumped an inch of rain in just 30 minutes.

Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Tolland

When
August 4, 6:00 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST
Where
Tolland County, Tolland

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Connecticut in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, August 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5582202.