Coastal Flood, Southern Fairfield
- When
- November 14, 8:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Fairfield forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.285, -73.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Coastal Flood in Connecticut, November 14, 1997
With a high pressure system extending from northwest of the Great Lakes east-southeast across Northern New England, a low pressure system developed off the Carolina Coast during Thursday evening on November 13th. Northeast gales averaging 34 knots developed over Long Island Sound early Friday morning and continued through early Friday afternoon.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
With a high pressure system extending from northwest of the Great Lakes east-southeast across Northern New England, a low pressure system developed off the Carolina Coast during Thursday evening on November 13th. It slowly intensified as it moved northeast, passing south of Long Island during Friday afternoon before moving offshore during Friday evening.Northeast gales averaging 34 knots developed over Long Island Sound early Friday morning and continued through early Friday afternoon. A combination of strong northeast winds, high astronomical tides and high waves caused minor to moderate coastal flooding across the area.Water rose up to 2 feet at the entrance to Cummings Beach, trapping cars in Stamford (Southern Fairfield County). Likewise, water rose up to 2 feet on several streets in Milford (New Haven County). Additional street flooding along with moderate beach erosion was common along the shores.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Coastal Flood, Southern New Haven
- When
- November 14, 8:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern New Haven forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.443, -72.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Coastal Flood
- Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, November 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, November 14 to 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, November 14 to 15, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, November 14 to 15, 1997
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, November 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, November 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, November 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in New Hampshire, November 14 to 15, 1997
More
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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: 5623628, 5623629.