623 first-hand accounts of flood events in Vermont, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Unseasonably warm weather resulted in dramatic snowmelt with rapid rises on rivers the last few days of March. On March 31, St. Johnsbury reached 83 degrees setting a new record high temperature for March.
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 storm system moved across New York and New England Tuesday, April 4th, with steady rain. Mild temperatures resulted in melting mountain snows. As a result, many streams and rivers rose to bankfull or above with some flooding.
Read the full account →A flow of moist air across the northeast US combined with orographic effects to result in heavy rainfall during the morning of Monday, July 31st. Many of the smaller rivers reached or exceeded bankfull.
Read the full account →A flow of moist air across the northeast US combined with orographic effects to result in heavy rainfall during the morning of Monday, July 31st. Many of the smaller rivers reached or exceeded bankfull.
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 over the northern Great Lakes region and a low over the Mid Atlantic States Tuesday morning (4/16/96) combined late Tuesday as they moved east and north respectively.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure over the northern Great Lakes region and a low over the Mid Atlantic States Tuesday morning (4/16/96) combined late Tuesday as they moved east and north respectively.
Read the full account →A low pressure system tracked across New York State and New England during May 10 and 11. On May 12 the system moved to the east coast and intensified, this prolonged the period of precipitation.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary across extreme southern Vermont interacted with a strong upper level disturbance from July 15 into early July 16. The result was a slow-moving low pressure area which formed over Virginia.
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 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 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 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 →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 →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 →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 →Two separate frontal systems merged to form a powerful winter storm over the Great Lakes from December 22 to December 24 bringing multiple hazards to the region including heavy rain, snow, strong winds and a very cold air mass in its wake.||A widespread 1 to 3 inches of rain…
Read the full account →A storm system moved from the Ohio Valley Sunday December 1, 1996 passing through the eastern Great Lakes Sunday night and into Canada on Monday December 2, 1996. Generally 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches of rain fell across Vermont.
Read the full account →A storm system moved from the Ohio Valley Sunday December 1, 1996 passing through the eastern Great Lakes Sunday night and into Canada on Monday December 2, 1996. Generally 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches of rain fell across Vermont.
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 →A cold front moved slowly southeast across Vermont during the afternoon. Thunderstorms with heavy rain developed along and ahead of the front.
Read the full account →The flash flooding and flooding that occurred during the morning of August 4th was the result of two rounds of heavy rainfall. The first heavy rainfall event occurred during the afternoon and evening hours of August 2nd, with another bout of heavy rainfall that occurred during…
Read the full account →A strengthening low pressure system tracked from the central Gulf Coast states on Friday March 7th, into the central Appalachians by Saturday morning on March 8th. The low then tracked into northern New England by Saturday evening.
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