Flood, Northern Litchfield
- When
- July 16, 1:00 AM EST to July 17, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Litchfield forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 41.847, -73.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Connecticut, July 16 to 17, 1996
Additional rain from a cold front which crossed New England on July 15, caused the Housatonic River in Litchfield County to go above flood stage. The rain fell upon saturated soil due to the passage of Tropical Storm Bertha on July 13.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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.
Additional rain from a cold front which crossed New England on July 15, caused the Housatonic River in Litchfield County to go above flood stage. The rain fell upon saturated soil due to the passage of Tropical Storm Bertha on July 13. At Falls Village and Gaylordsville the river went slightly over flood stage causing minor flooding.
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
- Flood in Iowa, July 16 to 18, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
- High Wind in California, July 16, 1996
- Flood in Iowa, July 16 to 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 16 to 17, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, July 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 16 to 17, 1996
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, July 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: 5567159.