623 first-hand accounts of flood events in Vermont, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An upper level low over the eastern Great Lakes and western New York and it's related surface low pressure system resulted in showers and thunderstorms across Vermont during the afternoon and night of Sunday July 16th.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed in tropical moisture feeding along a stationary boundary. Record rainfall in May and June saturated the ground and elevated water levels in rivers and streams, making the region vulnerable to flooding.
Read the full account →Snowmelt from an above normal snowpack and daytime high temperatures in the 50s and 60s on the 25th and 26th, combined with rainfall of a half to one inch early on the 26th to set the stage for a significant flood event across the region.
Read the full account →A surface low as well as upper atmospheric energy traveled along a quasi-stationary boundary across northern New York and Vermont during the afternoon and evening of May 26th.
Read the full account →Snowmelt from an above normal snowpack and daytime high temperatures in the 50s and 60s on the 25th and 26th, combined with rainfall of a half to one inch early on the 26th to set the stage for a significant flood event across the region.
Read the full account →Snowmelt from a late season snowpack combined with heavy rain produced widespread flooding across northern and central Vermont. Four to six inches of water was released from the snowpack over April 10 to 15 when daytime highs reached the 60s and 70s, and overnight lows remained…
Read the full account →Record Flooding occurred along the shores of Lake Champlain from mid-April to mid-June. NWS Flood Stages for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) gages on Lake Champlain at the ECHO Center in Burlington, VT and Rouses Point, NY are 100.0 feet and were surpassed on April…
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Floyd moved up the eastern seaboard on September 16 and during the early hours on September 17. The storm brought both high winds and heavy rainfall to Southern Vermont , which included a large swath of 3 to 6 inch amounts.
Read the full account →Southerly deep layer flow in the atmosphere provided a feed for abundant tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico to the northeast. Showers and thunderstorms developed on a daily basis in the summertime heat, and rainfall rates as high as two to three inches in an hour were…
Read the full account →A warm front moved across Vermont during the morning hours of May 29th, which lead to numerous thunderstorms with heavy rain, damaging lightning and some isolated large hail and strong winds.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front approached southern Vermont from the Great Lakes on Tuesday, September 29th. Ahead of this front, a southerly flow out of the Gulf of Mexico allowed plenty of tropical moisture to surge into the region, with an unusually humid air mass in place for late…
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed in tropical moisture feeding along a stationary boundary. Record rainfall in May and June saturated the ground and elevated water levels in rivers and streams, making the region vulnerable to flooding.
Read the full account →A storm system tracked across New England with steady rainfall. The previous month was very wet so soil conditions remained saturated. Rivers and streams rose rapidly with many exceeding flood stage, especially the New Haven River.
Read the full account →A slow moving frontal boundary with several waves of low pressure moved across NY and VT during the afternoon of June 20th. Most of the activity was training showers with a few embedded thunderstorms that caused some localized flash flooding.
Read the full account →A slow moving frontal boundary with several waves of low pressure moved across NY and VT during the afternoon of June 20th. Most of the activity was training showers with a few embedded thunderstorms that caused some localized flash flooding.
Read the full account →A slow moving frontal boundary with several waves of low pressure moved across NY and VT during the afternoon of June 20th. Most of the activity was training showers with a few embedded thunderstorms that caused some localized flash flooding.
Read the full account →A slow moving frontal boundary with several waves of low pressure moved across NY and VT during the afternoon of June 20th. Most of the activity was training showers with a few embedded thunderstorms that caused some localized flash flooding.
Read the full account →A mid-atmospheric disturbance moved across a very warm and humid air mass located across much of Vermont during the afternoon of August 21st. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms developed and moved across southern and central Vermont.|Some of these showers were…
Read the full account →Southerly deep layer flow in the atmosphere provided a feed for abundant tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico to the northeast. Showers and thunderstorms developed on a daily basis in the summertime heat, and rainfall rates as high as two to three inches in an hour were…
Read the full account →A warm front moved across Vermont during the morning hours of May 29th, which lead to numerous thunderstorms with heavy rain, damaging lightning and some isolated large hail and strong winds.
Read the full account →A band of showers and thunderstorms developed in an east-west oriented line in the late afternoon and overnight hours across northern Vermont from Chittenden County into Lamoille and Washington Counties.
Read the full account →A surface low as well as upper atmospheric energy traveled along a quasi-stationary boundary across northern New York and Vermont during the afternoon and evening of May 26th.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall from training showers and thunderstorms produced flash flooding across Chittenden and Lamoille Counties in Vermont beginning in the afternoon and evening of May 23.
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Floyd moved up the eastern seaboard on September 16 and during the early hours on September 17. The storm brought both high winds and heavy rainfall to Southern Vermont , which included a large swath of 3 to 6 inch amounts.
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