623 first-hand accounts of flood events in Vermont, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
Read the full account →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…
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 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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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).
Read the full account →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).
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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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