On October 8 at daybreak, a nearly stationary cold front was over southwestern New England. The air over the northeastern United States was very moist.
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The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
On October 8 at daybreak, a nearly stationary cold front was over southwestern New England. The air over the northeastern United States was very moist. Low pressure in the vicinity of the eastern Carolina states moved slowly north northeast along the cold front. Heavy rain fell over western Connecticut through the early morning hours of October 9. During this period, there was over 6 inches of rainfall in much of western New England, triggering widespread flooding.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Housatonic River had a flood crest of 10.38 feet at Gaylordsville, Connecticut on Oct 9, at 9:00 PM EST. Flood stage is 8 feet.
The Housatonic River is flooding onto Young Field in New Preston.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Connecticut in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, October 2005
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: 5477029, 5477030.