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Vermont Flood Stories

623 first-hand accounts of flood events in Vermont, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flood$35K damage

Orleans, 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.

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Flood$35K damage

Orleans, VT · May 16, 2007

An area of low pressure moved across Vermont during the 16th and delivered heavy rainfall throughout the day. Heavy rainfall exceeded 2 inches across a large portion of Caledonia, Essex and Orleans counties and this resulted in flooding of streams, small rivers as well as…

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Flash Flood$15K damage

Windsor, VT · Jul 10, 2013

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…

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Flash Flood$500K damage

Orleans, VT · Aug 11, 1998

A cold front moved across the region during the late afternoon and night of August 11th into the early morning of August 12th. With a warm humid airmass in place, thunderstorms resulted in torrential downpours during the late night.

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Orleans, VT · May 25, 2013

An area of low pressure developed on a stalled surface front in southern New England on May 24, and developed into a coastal storm that lasted through May 26.

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Chittenden, VT · May 25, 2013

An area of low pressure developed on a stalled surface front in southern New England on May 24, and developed into a coastal storm that lasted through May 26.

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Lamoille, VT · May 25, 2013

An area of low pressure developed on a stalled surface front in southern New England on May 24, and developed into a coastal storm that lasted through May 26.

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Flash Flood$300K damage

Essex, VT · Jul 12, 2004

Thunderstorms resulted in torrential downpours in Essex county, Vermont. Flooding occurred along Rte 102 between Canaan and Lemington. Portions of Rte 102 were under a couple of feet of water. Several houses were flooded, especially in the Canaan area.

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Flood$30K damage

Rutland, VT · Apr 13, 2002

During April 13th and 14th, a slow moving cold front drifted southeast across the area. An area of low pressure moved along the front, passing across the region with widespread rainfall.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Windsor, VT · Jul 2, 2013

Warm moist air over the northeast provided the ingredients for heavy rainfall, and saturated ground from record May and June rainfall made the region vulnerable to flooding.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Windham, VT · Dec 17, 2000

A complex storm system began to evolve on Saturday December 16 across the Mississippi Valley. A surface low tracked north into the eastern Great Lakes by December 17.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Franklin, VT · Jun 5, 2002

Low pressure moved across extreme southern Canada. The associated cold front triggered locally heavy thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening hours across northwest Vermont, especially across the northern half of Franklin county.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Rutland, VT · Jul 24, 2003

A storm system moved across upstate New York and southern Canada during the day of July 24th. Steady rains resulted during the morning hours, with locally heavy rain associated with thunderstorms from mid morning to mid afternoon.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Addison, VT · Aug 7, 2008

An area of low pressure in southern Canada moved southward into Vermont on August 7th. This provided the focus for thunderstorms with heavy rainfall in a moist atmosphere during the afternoon and evening hours across central and southern Vermont.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Orange, VT · Aug 7, 2008

An area of low pressure in southern Canada moved southward into Vermont on August 7th. This provided the focus for thunderstorms with heavy rainfall in a moist atmosphere during the afternoon and evening hours across central and southern Vermont.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Washington, VT · Aug 2, 2008

A surface trough in New York, associated with low pressure in Ontario Canada, lifted northeast across Vermont during the afternoon and evening of August 2nd.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Windsor, VT · Aug 7, 2008

An area of low pressure in southern Canada moved southward into Vermont on August 7th. This provided the focus for thunderstorms with heavy rainfall in a moist atmosphere during the afternoon and evening hours across central and southern Vermont.

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Flood$25K damage

Lamoille, VT · Jan 19, 1996

A strong storm system moved into the Great Lakes on Thursday (1/18/96) and then moved into Canada thereafter on Friday (1/19/96) and Saturday (1/20/96).

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Flood$25K damage

Caledonia, VT · Jan 19, 1996

A strong storm system moved into the Great Lakes on Thursday (1/18/96) and then moved into Canada thereafter on Friday (1/19/96) and Saturday (1/20/96).

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Flood$25K damage

Franklin, VT · Jun 12, 2002

A frontal boundary stalled across portions of New York and New England and helped to focus heavy rainfall across this area. Convective precipitation moved from northwest to southeast across the area from Canada.

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Flood$25K damage

Caledonia, VT · Jan 18, 2006

A powerful storm tracked northeast across Ontario and Quebec provinces on the 18th. Ahead of this storm, brisk south winds caused temperatures to rise into the 40s creating snow melt.

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Flood$25K damage

Windsor, VT · May 14, 2006

A strong blocking pattern developed across the Eastern United States on the 12th and continued through the 14th. A vertically stacked low across the Great Lakes, with an highly amplified flow from the Gulf of Mexico and Tropical Atlantic, supplied copious amounts of moisture…

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Flood$25K damage

Addison, 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.

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Flood$25K damage

Essex, VT · May 16, 2007

An area of low pressure moved across Vermont during the 16th and delivered heavy rainfall throughout the day. Heavy rainfall exceeded 2 inches across a large portion of Caledonia, Essex and Orleans counties and this resulted in flooding of streams, small rivers as well as…

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