Flood, New London
- When
- January 12, 7:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- New London County, Southern New London
- Coordinates
- 41.504, -72.101 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Connecticut, January 12, 1996
A low pressure system over Virginia during the morning moved across Southern New England during the evening. The form of precipitation changed quickly along the coast from snow to heavy rain.
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.
A low pressure system over Virginia during the morning moved across Southern New England during the evening. The form of precipitation changed quickly along the coast from snow to heavy rain. The heavy rain and melting snowpack from the blizzard a few days earlier, caused extensive and serious flooding problems.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in South Carolina, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, January 12, 1996
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 12 to 13, 1996
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, January 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5561926.