Flood, Hartford
- When
- May 12, 11:00 PM EST to May 15, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hartford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.819, -72.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Connecticut, May 12 to 15, 1996
3 feet at 5 AM on May 14th; flood stage is 5 feet.
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 BOX wrote it up.
The Connecticut River at Thompsonville crested at 6.3 feet at 5 AM on May 14th; flood stage is 5 feet.
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
- Tornado in Florida, May 12, 1996
- Flooding in New York, May 12 to 17, 1996
- Flooding in Vermont, May 12 to 24, 1996
- Winter Weather in Maine, May 12, 1996
- Flooding in New York, May 12 to 24, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Hampshire, May 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maine, May 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, May 12, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 12, 1996
- Flood in Massachusetts, May 12 to 14, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 12, 1996
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, May 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: 5557527.