Flash Flood, Fairfield
- When
- July 15, 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, Newtown
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.326, -73.447 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Connecticut, July 15, 2000
Bands of heavy rain, oriented from southeast to northwest, developed across the region. Heavy rainfall caused serious and widespread flooding of low-lying and poor drainge areas, especially along streets in Newtown, Hamden, and North Branford.
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.
Bands of heavy rain, oriented from southeast to northwest, developed across the region. Heavy rainfall caused serious and widespread flooding of low-lying and poor drainge areas, especially along streets in Newtown, Hamden, and North Branford. A spotter from Hamden reported a 3 hour rainfall amount of 2.33 inches from 7:20 pm to 10:20 pm EDT.The heaviest rain fell from Central Fairfield County east across Central New Haven County, where amounts ranged from 2 1/2 to around 5 inches. Here are selected rainfall amounts for:Fairfield County: 5.40 inches at Saugatuck reservoir, 4.65 inches at Shelton, and 2.68 inches at both Danbury and Bethel.New Haven County: 4.44 inches at Ansonia, 3.58 inches at Hamden, and 3.55 inches at North Branford.Less than 2 inches of rain fell across Middlesex and New London Counties.
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:46 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, New Haven
- When
- July 15, 9:20 PM EST
- Where
- New Haven County, Hamden
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.362, -72.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
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- Flash Flood in Florida, July 15, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 15, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, July 15, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 15, 2000
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5154969, 5154970.