Flood Warning, Flash Flood Warning
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a
* Flood Warning for
the Housatonic River at Stevenson dam.
* From this evening until late Friday night.
* At 9 PM Thursday the stage was... 10.7 feet.
* Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river is forecast to reach flood stage by 10 PM
Thursday and forecast to continue to rise to near 11.6 feet around
2 am Friday. The river is forecast to fall below flood stage after
8 PM Friday.
* Impact... at 11.5 feet... water reaches The Maples area of Shelton.
Fld observed forecast
2 am 8 am 2 PM 8 PM 2 am
location stg stg day time Fri Fri Fri Fri Sat
Housatonic River
Stevenson da 11.0 10.7 Thu 09 PM 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.0 10.5
928 PM EDT Thu may 23 2013
... A Flash Flood Warning remains in effect until 1045 PM EDT for
Fairfield... extreme eastern Passaic... northwestern New Haven...
Westchester... Bergen... east central Essex and Hudson counties...
At 924 PM EDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated
that heavy rain had ended... but flash flooding of small streams and
urban flooding are still occurring in the warned area. In Bergen
County... the hohokus brook at hohokus was still just above flood
stage... and the pascack brook in Hillsdale was out of its banks and
flooding local businesses.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams... urban areas... highways... streets and underpasses
as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding. If flash flooding is observed act quickly. Move
up to higher ground to escape flood waters. Do not stay in areas
subject to flooding when water begins rising.
Lat... Lon 4088 7376 4092 7392 4074 7402 4071 7407
4075 7421 4086 7420 4097 7414 4109 7412
4100 7389 4115 7389 4125 7397 4129 7394
4132 7398 4136 7356 4147 7353 4148 7333
4151 7331 4152 7317 4155 7317 4160 7305
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