Flood, Northern Litchfield
- When
- January 24, 6:00 PM EST to January 25, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Litchfield forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 41.847, -73.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Connecticut, January 24 to 25, 1996
A low pressure system which tracked across the northern Great Lakes on the 24th of January produced additional rain across the already ground soaked region. This created more runoff which, along with an ice jam near New Milford caused the Housatonic River to flood from Gaylordsville south to the Long Island Sound.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $50,000
- 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 ALY wrote it up.
A low pressure system which tracked across the northern Great Lakes on the 24th of January produced additional rain across the already ground soaked region. This created more runoff which, along with an ice jam near New Milford caused the Housatonic River to flood from Gaylordsville south to the Long Island Sound.
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
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 24, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, January 24 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 24, 1996
- Flood in New York, January 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 24, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 24, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5553583.