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Flash Flood — Orleans, VT

Jul 11, 2007

On the afternoon of July 11th...a warm and very moist airmass was draped across Vermont. In addition, a slow moving cold front entered Vermont from west to east during the afternoon. This front promoted the development of numerous tropical-like showers and thunderstorms, that repeatedly generated and moved over the same areas of central and eastern Vermont. Localized heavy rainfall exceeded 3 inches within a two hour time frame with some localized storm totals approaching 6 inches across a very

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 52664). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Orleans, VT

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