Flood in Connecticut, April 23 to 30, 2001

Name: Flood in Connecticut, April 23 to 30, 2001
Start: 2001-04-23T12:00
End: 2001-04-30T23:00
Location: Connecticut

April 23 to 30, 2001 · NWS OKX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The annual melting of the deep snowpack in the upper reaches of the Connecticut River began in mid April, causing minor to moderate flooding in the Middletown area. 0 feet at Middletown on April 21st, but it then exceeded flood stage again on the 23rd.

Where it happened

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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.

The annual melting of the deep snowpack in the upper reaches of the Connecticut River began in mid April, causing minor to moderate flooding in the Middletown area. A brief cold snap allowed the river to recede below the flood stage of 8.0 feet at Middletown on April 21st, but it then exceeded flood stage again on the 23rd. The flooding then crested on the 26th at 11.90 feet, with a gradual fall thereafter. However, the river remained above flood stage at Middletown through April 30th.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 23, 9:51 AM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 9:51 AM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1051 AM EDT MON APR 23 2001

PUBLIC:  TOUGH TO TELL EXACTLY WHERE WK BACKDOOR CDFNT ACTUALLY IS
LT THIS AM...REALLY ONLY EFFECT IS HOW HI DEWPTS MAY GET THIS AFTN.
ONSHORE FLOW ALREADY STARTING TO GET GOING ACRS LI/CSTL CT.  BIG ?
FOR THIS AFTN IS HOW HI DO TEMPS GET.  12Z OKX SNDG SUPPORTS FS MAXT
OF ABT 84...WL NVR MAKE THAT WHERE ONSHORE FLOW GOING.  PROB WONT
MAKE 70 ACRS FAR E END AND SERN CSTL CT...L=M70S ELSEWHERE ALG
SHORES AND 75-80+ AWAY FM SHORES.  ALSO NOT MUCH IN WAY OF CLDS
RIGHT NOW BUT XPCT SUM CU DURG AFTN...THINK MOSUNNY WL WORK OUT
DECENT MST AREAS.

NO CHGS OF NOTE BYND 1ST PD.

MARINE:  MAY NEED HDLNS THIS AFTN FOR AT LST SEAS...OTRW ONLY MINOR
CHGS BASED ON CRNT CONDS.

HYDRO...CONT FLW HDLN FM WFO BOX FOR CT007-011.

CWF ALREADY GONE...UPDTD ZFP/RDF OUT 1500-ISH.

.OKX...
CT...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
NY...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

REYNOLDS

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Northern Middlesex

When: April 23, 12:00 PM EST to April 30, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Northern Middlesex forecast zone
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates: 41.451, -72.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in Connecticut in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Connecticut, April 2001

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: 5239872.