Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued September 13 at 7:06AM EDT until September 13 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Upton NY
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 13, 2026 - 4:06am
Expires:
September 13, 2026 - 7:00am
Description:
FFWOKX
The National Weather Service in Upton has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Fairfield County in southern Connecticut...
* Until 1000 AM EDT.
* At 706 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate
is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Bridgeport, Stamford, Norwalk, Milford, Shelton, New Canaan,
Fairfield, Greenwich, Stratford, Trumbull, Westport, Darien,
Monroe, Wilton, Weston, Redding and Easton.
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Area Description:
Fairfield, CT
Forcast Office:
NWS Upton NY
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov