Aug 30, 2004
A cold front moved slowly southeast across Vermont during the afternoon. Thunderstorms with heavy rain developed along and ahead of the front. Some flooding due to the locally heavy rain was reported on a few roads in the Vermont towns of Colchester, Milton and Essex (Chittenden county), while a school in South Burlington experienced some flooding. In Orleans county, culverts were overflowing.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5419427). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Western Chittenden County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.