WEATHER UPDATE: Strong Storms, Heavy Rains, Flash Flooding For Newtown

This certainly doesn’t feel like June 1, it feels more like Oct. 1. Temperatures will be in the mid 50s today, but the temperatures aren’t the real story.

The National Weather Service has issued both a “Hazardous Weather Outlook” and “Flash Flood Watch” for the entire state of Connecticut, which lasts until Tuesday at 8 p.m.

According to the National Weather Service periods of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain will continue through Tuesday as several disturbances track into the area impacting Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, and New London counties.

“Heavy rain with rainfall rates as high as 2 to 3 inches per hour could cause flash flooding,” the weather service writes adding that up to 4 inches in certain areas is possible.

Up north in Hartford and Tolland counties the advisories are the same as the southern part of the state, but the details are slightly different.

The National Weather Service writes that “another round of heavy rainfall will approach Connecticut early this morning bringing an additional 1 to 2 inches of rain in an already saturated region. Expect a few more waves of heavy rainfall to impact the area tonight and tomorrow.”

Additionally, the heavy rainfall may produce flooding problems as well.

Once we get past Tuesday the weather is better and calmer as the sun returns Wednesday with highs near 70, more sun and around 70 on Thursday, and clouds are back on Friday with temps in the mid 70s, but as of right now no rain is forecast.

Here is Newtown’s latest stormy hyperlocal forecast from the National Weather Service:

• Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Temperature rising to around 57 by 1am. Northeast wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
• Monday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Temperature falling to around 51 by 1pm. East wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
• Monday Night: Rain, mainly before 2am. The rain could be heavy at times. Temperature rising to around 64 by 1am. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a temperature falling to around 46 by 4pm. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.
• Tuesday Night: Clear, with a temperature rising to around 68 by 1am. Light and variable wind.
• Wednesday: Sunny, with a temperature falling to around 52 by 4pm.
• Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73.
• Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.
• Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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