Flash Flood, Hartford
- When
- February 2, 9:00 PM EST to February 3, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hartford County, Southington
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 41.819, -72.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quinnipiac River
Flash Flood in Connecticut, February 2 to 3, 1999
Low pressure moving from the Carolinas to southern New England brought 1 to 2 inches of rain to northern Connecticut. Very wet antecedent conditions caused significant rises on small streams throughout the region.
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
- 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.
Low pressure moving from the Carolinas to southern New England brought 1 to 2 inches of rain to northern Connecticut. Very wet antecedent conditions caused significant rises on small streams throughout the region. The Quinnipiac River at Southington rose out of its banks late on the 2nd, producing minor flooding to low lying areas along the river. It crested at 4.17 feet around 3 am on the 3rd, which is less than one foot above its flood stage of 3.5 feet. There were no reports of flood damage.
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Winter Storm in Washington, February 2 to 28, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Winter Storm in Idaho, February 2 to 28, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, February 2, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, February 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 2 to 3, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, February 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, February 2, 1999
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Rhode Island, February 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, February 1999
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: 5689130.