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Flood — Bennington, VT

Jul 29, 2021

Bands of moderate to heavy rainfall set up across areas southern Vermont during the afternoon and evening hours on Thursday, July 29, 2021 north of a warm front and area of low pressure. Between 2 and 5 inches of rain fell across most areas which resulted in several reports of flash flooding. This rainfall ended a very wet month of July in which most areas picked up between 12 and 18 inches of rain.||Nearly two dozen towns in southern Vermont were listed with either minor or major impact due to

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 974778). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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