Aug 6, 2008
A strong trough of low pressure moved across central New York into Vermont during the morning and early afternoon of August 6th. A very moist air mass and favorable steering winds accounted for training showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rain across portions of the southern Green Mountains as well as northeast Vermont during the morning into early afternoon hours.||Severe flash flooding occurred around Hancock and East Middlebury (Addison county) due to 3 to 5 inches of rainfall, with num
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 133011). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Caledonia County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.