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Powerful Storm Closes Roads, Power Outages Reported In CT: New Details Released
Several state and local roads across Connecticut remain closed on Monday. Here are the latest updates.
CONNECTICUT — What a storm. Parts of Connecticut received in excess of five inches of rain, and several state and local roads are closed across the state.
The good news is that the precipitation has either ended or will be soon, but temperatures are free-falling and will remain cold through Thursday, but then we warm up once again to near 50 degrees on Friday and for the upcoming weekend. No rain or snow is in the forecast through Sunday.
"The heaviest rain fell along parts of the shoreline, and Eastern CT," said WFSB 3 TV Meteorologist Melissa Cole. "Milford topped out with just over 5″ of rain. Currently, there is a River Flood Warning for the Yantic River, where moderate flooding is occurring. The larger rivers, like the Connecticut and Housatonic, will be rising from now through mid week. We will be monitoring for minor flooding, and additional warnings from the National Weather Service.
While most of the precip was in the form of rain, some snow did mix in in some of our hill towns in NW CT." (Read/watch more at WFSB 3 TV).
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Eversource is currently reporting about 1,500 power outages across the state, while United Illuminating Co. is reporting 20 outages.
Current State Road Closures Across CT via CT DOT:
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NEWTOWN - RT 6 CLOSED between OLD BETHEL RD AND HAWLEYVILLE RD DUE TO 2 POLES DOWN W/ WIRES ACROSS THE ROAD because of Crash (1 Vehicle).
RIDGEFIELD - RT 102 CLOSED between OSCALETA RD AND WEST MOUNTAIN RD DUE TO TREE DOWN IN WIRES. Reported Monday, December 11 at 4:39 am.
MIDDLEFIELD - Route 66 CLOSED at Route 147 because of a tree down in wires. Reported Monday, December 11 at 6:06 am.
CHESTER - Route 148 CLOSED between South Wig Hill Road and Baker Road because of tree down in wires. Reported Monday, December 11 at 7:45 am.
See also: Infant Killed In Crash: State Police
****Local rainfall reports as reported by the National Weather Service. Southern Connecticut's totals have not yet been posted. We'll add those in when they are posted. Please check back later on.
Hartford County
- South Glastonbury 3.99 in
- Manchester 3.54 in
- Southington 3.26 in
- Vernon 3.18 in
- Newington 3.18 in
- South Windsor 3.05 in
- East Hartford 3.03 in
- Windsor 2.86 in
- Rocky Hill 2.81 in
- West Hartford 2.64 in
- NEW BRITAIN 2.64 in
- Hartford-Brainard AP 2.56 in
- Bristol 2.7 2.21 in
- Berlin 2.20 in
- Bradley AP 2.17 in
- Suffield Depot 2.12 in
- Salmon Brook 2.09 in
Tolland County
- Hebron 4.71 in
- Storrs 4.30 in
- Coventry 4.02 in
- Willimantic 3.69 in
- Tolland 3.37 in
- Staffordville 3.04 in
- Vernon 3.04 in
- Somers 3.03 in
Windham County
- Moosup 1.7 NE 5.15 in
- Wauregan 5.00 in
- Danielson 4.31 in
- East Killingly 1.3 SW 4.25 in
- Pomfret 4.00 in
- Ashford 3.97 in
Here are the 7-day forecast details via the National Weather Service for southern Connecticut:
Today: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 44. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 43. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. West wind 11 to 15 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 39.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 48.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50.
Here are the 7-day forecast details via the National Weather Service for northern Connecticut:
Today: A chance of rain, mainly before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 42. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 41. West wind 7 to 13 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 36. Northwest wind 10 to 14 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 49. West wind 9 to 13 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. South wind 6 to 11 mph.
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