Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued for Ridgefield

Ridgefield, CT — The National Weather service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Fairfield County on Tuesday and is warning of storms that could produce strong winds.

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A "marginal risk" of severe thunderstorms is predicted Tuesday afternoon and may continue through early evening as a cold front approaches. The area could see strong to damaging winds as a result of the storm, the NWS said.

The NWS also said that heavy rains could produce flash flooding in "low lying, poor drainage areas."

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