623 first-hand accounts of flood events in Vermont, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A cold, unstable upper atmospheric low slowly moved across the eastern Great Lakes during the afternoon of July 24th. Meanwhile, a surface low slowly traveled north along a cold front which moved into an moisture laden atmosphere across New York and Vermont.
Read the full account →Low pressure moved northeast across New England during the afternoon of April 28th through midday on the 29th. One and a half to 3 inches of rain fell across the Passumpsic River Valley in Caledonia county, Vermont during the 28th into the 29th.
Read the full account →An approaching low pressure system from the southwest, spread warm, above freezing air over the region on January 24th and 25th. Rain moved into Vermont on the morning of January 25th and continued through the day.
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 →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 →Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall affected Vermont from late afternoon of the 9th through the early morning hours on the 11th. During the roughly 36-hour period, 4 to as much as 9 inches of rain fell across much of the Green Mountains, leading to devastating flash and riverine…
Read the full account →An area of low pressure tracked up the East Coast and intensified in the process as it brought widespread moderate to heavy rainfall across southern Vermont on December 18, 2023.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure tracked up the East Coast and intensified in the process as it brought widespread moderate to heavy rainfall across southern Vermont on December 18, 2023.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure tracked up the East Coast and intensified in the process as it brought widespread moderate to heavy rainfall across southern Vermont on December 18, 2023.
Read the full account →A warm front slowly moved north across southern Vermont during the afternoon and evening of the 28th. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed and traveled along the warm front across portions of Rutland county during the late afternoon and evening hours.
Read the full account →Mild weather Sunday through Monday resulted in a good deal of snowmelt with runoff into area rivers. In addition, a cold front stalled across New England Monday, with an area of low pressure moving along the front with steady rain.
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.
Read the full account →A series of mid-level disturbances moved into a relatively unstable and moist airmass across the northern Champlain Valley of Vermont during the afternoon and evening of the 29th.
Read the full account →Daytime heating across the Green Mountains of Vermont, with a moderately unstable airmass in place, resulted in the scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 12th.
Read the full account →Daytime heating across the Green Mountains of Vermont, with a moderately unstable airmass in place, resulted in the scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 12th.
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 →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 →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 →On the morning of the 26th, a deep upper atmospheric trough was located across the Mississippi River Valley, while a quasi-stationary warm front was across the Champlain Valley.
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 →The melting of snow from an above normal snow pack established in February, March and early April, as well as several rain events during the latter half of April, contributed to a significant run-off into streams and rivers of the Lake Champlain basin, which eventually deposited…
Read the full account →The melting of snow from an above normal snow pack established in February, March and early April, as well as several rain events during the latter half of April, contributed to a significant run-off into streams and rivers of the Lake Champlain basin, which eventually deposited…
Read the full account →The melting of snow from an above normal snow pack established in February, March and early April, as well as several rain events during the latter half of April, contributed to a significant run-off into streams and rivers of the Lake Champlain basin, which eventually deposited…
Read the full account →The melting of snow from an above normal snow pack established in February, March and early April, as well as several rain events during the latter half of April, contributed to a significant run-off into streams and rivers of the Lake Champlain basin, which eventually deposited…
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