Flood, Litchfield
- When
- April 15, 9:00 PM EST to April 18, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Litchfield County, New Hartford
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -72.980
Heavy rain led to widespread flooding across Litchfield County from Sunday evening on the 15th, and persisted through Wednesday morning on the 18th. Several streams and creeks exceeded bankful as a result of this heavy rain, including the Still River in Winsted, and the Nepaug Brook and River in New Hartford. This led to numerous road closures across the county, as well as some evacuations.|Some of the roads that were closed included Carpenter Road in new Hartford, where a foot of water was reported covering the bridge just north of Route 202, South Main Street and Highland Lake Road in Torrington, where some debris also covered portions of Highland Lake Road, Route 47 and Weekeepeemee Road in Woodbury, Torrington Road between Torrington and Winsted, Cross Road and Youngsfield Road in New Milford, as well as several roads in Washington and Winsted that were washed out.|In addition, several evacuations also occurred, including residents on Standard Avenue in Winsted, as well as at a 40 unit apartment complex in Winsted.|A mudslide also was reported at Grove Street in New Milford by an Emergency Manager. This resulted in the evacuation of 5 homes.|The runoff from this heavy rainfall also led to moderate flooding on the Housatonic River. At Falls Village, the Housatonic River crested at 11.14 feet at 0115 EST on the 18th, while at Gaylordsville, the river crested at 12.97 feet at 2300 EST on the 16th, Further south, the Housatonic River at Stevenson Dam crested at 19.96 feet at 1400 EST on the 16th.