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Flash Flood — Orleans, VT

Jun 28, 2016

A cold front moves across a marginally unstable air mass during the afternoon of June 28th developing thunderstorms in the Adirondacks of New York that eventually moved into the Champlain Valley and elsewhere in Vermont. A few isolated thunderstorms did deliver strong gusty winds and hail just under an inch in diameter. Some slow moving and training storms did deliver localized 2 to 4 inches of rain in north-central and northeast Vermont for some minor flash flooding. A lightning struck a large

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 634536). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Orleans, VT

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