Flash Flood, Fairfield
- When
- September 2, 2:12 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, Shelton
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.326, -73.447 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Connecticut, September 2, 2000
Slow moving thunderstorms produced torrential rain that caused widespread flash flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas in Shelton. 5 inches per hour, which lasted for at least 2 consecutive hours.
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 OKX wrote it up.
Slow moving thunderstorms produced torrential rain that caused widespread flash flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas in Shelton. NWS radar estimated rainfall rates of around 1.5 inches per hour, which lasted for at least 2 consecutive hours. A spotter from Shelton measured 2.90 inches of rain in 2 hours.
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:12 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
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Ohio, September 2, 2000
- Heat in Oklahoma, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, September 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New York, September 2, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 2, 2000
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, September 2000
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: 5157186.