[UPDATE] Torrential Rain Socks Fairfield with Flooding

Update, 5:30 p.m.

UI reports that 809 customers are still without power as of 5:19 p.m., the majority of those outages are located on or near Grasmere Avenue.

The estimated time for restoration is 6:06 p.m. - 6:10 p.m.

Update, 4 p.m.

Rain has tapered off and much of the flooding has subsided -- except for underneath overpasses, especially at North Benson Road and Round Hill Road.

Emergency crews have responded to many reports of submerged cars with occupants.

A tornado watch was issued by the National Weather Service for most of the state until 9 p.m., but Fairifeld and Litchfield Counties are not under the watch.

A flood advisory issued earlier for Fairfield, New Haven, and Middlesex counties has been extended to 5 p.m.

Update, 3 p.m.

There are multiple reports of flooding and trapped cars in Fairfield.

Emergency crews are on scene at the Round Hill Road/Post Road overpass rescuing a person trapped in a submerged car.

An unoccupied vehicle has been reported submerged at North Benson Road and Eliot Street.

Three cars were reported trapped at Chambers Street/Kings Highway East -- one possible occupant in one of the cars. A boat was dispatched to the scene.

Original Story, 2 p.m.

The portion of Grasmere Avenue between Kings Highway and Kings Highway Cutoff -- juxtaposed to the Kings Crossing Shopping Plaza -- is closed due to an initial report of downed wires.

Traffic lights along that portion of Grasmere Avenue are out. A United Illuminating crew is on scene, working on the lights.

Fairfield fire personnel reported on the scanner that wires had fallen on a car with an occupant inside, but that scene appears to have been cleared.

According to the fire department via scanner, fuses on the pole have blown, expanding the area of power outage. There are currently 994 Fairfield customers without power, according to UI.

According to its website, UI expects to restore power to the area around 5 p.m.