The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for sections of southern Fairfield County and New Haven County, which will remain covered by the warning until 2:45 pm, Friday, December 21.

 Newtown is listed within the warning, which was issued out of the Albany NWS service at 10:55 am. 

By 10:51 Friday morning, “Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned area,” the warning says in part.

Generally 1 to 2 inches of rain have fallen. A band of heavy rain, oriented north to south and extending through the   Atlantic Ocean, is estimated to be producing rainfall rates of 1 to 1½ inches per hour. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. This rainfall will also be falling during high tide on Long Island Sound and may exacerbate flooding at the immediate coast.”

A Flash Flood Warning means flooding it imminent or occurring. The weather service encourages anyone within an affected area to move the higher ground immediately.  

There have been no reports of injuries due to today’s rain. Firefighters in Botsford, Dodgingtown, and Sandy Hook have responded to calls for trees and/or wires down in the last few hours.  

The weather service has also issued a Flash Flood Warning specifically for the Stevenson Day. The river is forecast to rise above flood stage by noon Friday, and continue to rise to near 13.6 feet by 1 pm Saturday, December 22, according to NWS. 

Flood stage is 11 feet for the dam, also according to the weather service. 

At 15 feet, moderate flood stage is reached, with numerous homes in the Maples area of Shelton to be affected, the weather service noted.

A Flood Warning has additionally been issued for the Still River in Brookfield. That warning is in effect until Sunday morning. 

Flood stage for that waterway is 12 feet. At 8 am Friday the river was at 10.5 feet, according to the weather service. 

“The river is forecast to reach flood stage by 11 am Friday and forecast to continue to rise to near 15.7 feet around 8 pm Friday,” that warning states in part. “The river is forecast to fall below flood stage after  5 am Sunday.”