Flood — Windham, Connecticut

2005-10-15 · Windham, Connecticut

Wider weather episode

A low pressure system interacted with a plume of tropical moisture as the low slowly moved parallel to the Long Island and south Massachusetts coasts, resulting in excessive rain and flooding across north central and northeast Connecticut. Between approximately 4 and 8.5 inches of rain fell across the region. The county of Hartford was the hardest hit by this flood event, with much of the damage concentrated in the town of West Hartford.In Hartford county, most of the damages were confined to basement flooding, with over 1 foot of water reported in these flooded basements. One home was destroyed as a result of a basement wall collapse. In addition, Interstate 91 in Windsor developed a sink hole during this flood event.In Tolland, a campground was flooded out from the excessive rainfall. In Stafford, the Connecticut Water Company Reservoir number three dam failed around 3 AM EST. In Union, a dam failed, resulting in a 30 foot breach, which produced flooding and washed out Bradway Road.This flood event directly resulted in two fatalities in northern Connecticut. One fatality resulted when a women slipped and fell into the raging flood waters along the Natchagu River in Chaplin as she was watching the rapids. An elderly man was swept away and killed by flood waters when he attempted to leave his truck, which was stranded in flood waters from Roaring Brook in Stafford.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5477904. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.