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Rain expected and rain that fell, and the gauges at action stage or above in Connecticut, each with NWS’s forecast. Flood warnings are the Live tracker’s.

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Minor flooding

Long Island Sound at Bridgeport Harbor (IN MLLW), CT

Gauge
Tide gauge (coastal water level) · BRHC3 · NWS OKX
Observed
Observed 10.17 ft at : minor flooding
Forecast
No forecast at action stage or above.
Stages
Flood (minor) 8.7 ft · Moderate 10.2 ft · Major 11.2 ft
Forecasts
Forecasts are issued routinely year-round.

Forecast hydrograph

Forecast stage at Bridgeport Harbor (IN MLLW), in ftNWS forecast for Bridgeport Harbor (IN MLLW), issued 8 Nov 12:17Z: a crest of 8.2 ft at 11 Nov 17:00Z. Flood stage is 8.7 ft. Observed 10.17 ft at 8 Nov 17:24Z.-2.502.557.51012.59 Nov 00Z10 Nov 00Z11 Nov 00ZFlood (minor) 8.7 ftModerate 10.2 ftNowObservedUTCft
NWS forecast, issued : the line is the forecast stage, each dot one of NWS’s points; the ringed dot is the latest observation, when one at action stage or above is held. Earlier observations are not held here, so no observed line is drawn. Higher stages not drawn: major 11.2 ft. Minor flooding at its worst, observed or forecast. Data: NOAA/NWPS.
The forecast points as a table
NWS forecast stage at Bridgeport Harbor (IN MLLW)
TimeStage
3.9 ft
5.6 ft
7.1 ft
7.6 ft
7.4 ft
6.4 ft
4.8 ft
3.1 ft
1.4 ft
0.4 ft
0.2 ft
1.1 ft
2.5 ft
4.2 ft
5.8 ft
7 ft
7.3 ft
6.5 ft
5.2 ft
3.5 ft
2 ft
1 ft
0.6 ft
1.4 ft
2.7 ft
4.4 ft
6.3 ft
7.5 ft
7.9 ft
7.4 ft
6.1 ft
4.3 ft
2.5 ft
1 ft
0.1 ft
0.3 ft
1.2 ft
2.8 ft
4.5 ft
6.1 ft
7 ft
6.9 ft
6.2 ft
4.8 ft
3.4 ft
2.1 ft
1.3 ft
1.4 ft
2.4 ft
3.9 ft
5.5 ft
7 ft
8.1 ft
8.1 ft
7.1 ft
5.7 ft
3.9 ft
2.2 ft
1 ft
0.4 ft
0.9 ft
2 ft
3.6 ft
5.2 ft
6.4 ft
7 ft
6.7 ft
5.8 ft
4.4 ft
3 ft
1.9 ft
1.5 ft
2 ft
3.2 ft
4.7 ft
6.3 ft
7.6 ft
8.2 ft
8 ft
6.8 ft
5.3 ft
3.7 ft
2.3 ft
1.3 ft

What NWS lists at this gauge

  • 8.9 ft: Stratford, minor inundation into parking lot of Birdseye Marina just inside the mouth of the Housatonic River.

NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods. Read .

NWPS’s page for BRHC3 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in Connecticut

Rain and rivers in Connecticut

  • Expected rain: 0.01 in or more at its highest in Connecticut, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
  • Rain that fell: 0.5 to 0.75 in at its highest in Connecticut, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
  • Rivers: 1 gauge in flood in Connecticut, by NWS’s lists read . Minor flooding Long Island Sound at Bridgeport Harbor (IN MLLW), CT. Observed 10.17 ft at : minor flooding. No forecast at action stage or above. A gauge measures its river at that spot, not whether a road or a neighbourhood floods.

Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker

On the Briefing’s map

River, coastal and lake gauges in Connecticut

One gauge in flood in Connecticut, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.

Minor flooding 1

  1. Observed: minor flooding Long Island Sound at Bridgeport Harbor (IN MLLW), CTObserved 10.17 ft at : minor flooding

A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.

Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS

Connecticut flash-flood briefing

Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.