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Flood — Washington, VT

May 19, 2006

A vigorous, closed upper low across the Great Lakes on the 18th, delivered an occluded front into New York and Vermont during the evening of the 18th. A surface low developed off the coast of New Jersey and moved north along the frontal boundary across Vermont on the 19th. The end result was a two day heavy rainfall event on very wet antecedent conditions due to previous above normal monthly rainfall. Two day rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were common with some specific two-day rainfall tota

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5512590). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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