623 first-hand accounts of flood events in Vermont, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A storm system moved through the Great Lakes region Saturday and Saturday night (January 23) and into eastern Canada Sunday (January 24). Mild weather with melting snow coupled with rain Saturday night and Sunday resulted in many rivers reaching or exceeding their banks during…
Read the full account →A slowly moving broad area of low pressure over the eastern Great Lakes and New York state combined with an unstable atmosphere to result in slow moving thunderstorms across portions of the area. These thunderstorms were accompanied by torrential downpours.
Read the full account →A slowly moving broad area of low pressure over the eastern Great Lakes and New York state combined with an unstable atmosphere to result in slow moving thunderstorms across portions of the area. These thunderstorms were accompanied by torrential downpours.
Read the full account →A slowly moving broad area of low pressure over the eastern Great Lakes and New York state combined with an unstable atmosphere to result in slow moving thunderstorms across portions of the area. These thunderstorms were accompanied by torrential downpours.
Read the full account →A storm system moved across southern Canada during Tuesday, June 30, 1998. Ahead of the associated cold front, a very moist airmass was in place across Vermont. This triggered afternoon thunderstorms with locally torrential rain.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure over the New York City area on the morning of Wednesday, October 29th moved rapidly northeast across New England. Heavy rain tapered off to showers in the afternoon. The soil was saturated from previous rainfall.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure over the New York City area on the morning of Wednesday, October 29th moved rapidly northeast across New England. Heavy rain tapered off to showers in the afternoon. The soil was saturated from previous rainfall.
Read the full account →A storm system moved through the Great Lakes region Saturday and Saturday night (January 23) and into eastern Canada Sunday (January 24). Mild weather with melting snow coupled with rain Saturday night and Sunday resulted in a few rivers reaching or exceeding their banks during…
Read the full account →A storm system tracked across New England with periods of steady rainfall. Soil conditions were saturated and many rivers were running high and muddy.
Read the full account →An ocean storm system moved north to the east of New England during Saturday, October 15th and into New Brunswick during Sunday, October 16th. Rain was heavy at times October 15th into October 16th. Total rainfall amounts across Franklin county were around 2 1/2 inches.
Read the full account →An ocean storm system moved north to the east of New England during Saturday, October 15th and into New Brunswick during Sunday, October 16th. Rain was heavy at times October 15th into October 16th. Total rainfall amounts across Franklin county were around 2 1/2 inches.
Read the full account →A storm system moved across New England during late Wednesday and Wednesday night. Heavy convective rainfall resulted in rises on area rivers. On the Lamoille River at Johnson, the river gage exceed flood stage during the morning.
Read the full account →A storm system moved from the Tennessee Valley Wednesday (January 7) and Thursday (January 8) then into New England Friday (January 9). Liquid precipitation amounts across the area during the week were 3 to 6 inches.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary from northern Vermont southwest across eastern New York resulted in showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall. Across Rutland county a few roads were flooded in the towns of Chittenden and Pittsford.
Read the full account →A humid airmass was established across New England. A weak low pressure system moved along a frontal system that was located along coastal southern New England. Upper level winds were relatively weak, hence thunderstorms were slow movers.
Read the full account →Mild weather accompanied by snow melt and periods of light rain resulted in flooding of low lying areas, fields and a few local roads. The Essex Junction river gage on the Winooski River exceeded flood stage.
Read the full account →After a frigid end of December and beginning of January, an unseasonably warm airmass was pumped into western New England on January 12th on southerly winds. The temperatures reached the 50s and 60s during the day.
Read the full account →After a frigid end of December and beginning of January, an unseasonably warm airmass was pumped into western New England on January 12th on southerly winds. The temperatures reached the 50s and 60s during the day.
Read the full account →After a frigid end of December and beginning of January, an unseasonably warm airmass was pumped into western New England on January 12th on southerly winds. The temperatures reached the 50s and 60s during the day.
Read the full account →After a frigid end of December and beginning of January, an unseasonably warm airmass was pumped into western New England on January 12th on southerly winds. The temperatures reached the 50s and 60s during the day.
Read the full account →A stationary front across central and northern Vermont marked the northern edge of extremely humid air. This boundary helped to focus afternoon showers and thunderstorms, some with locally very heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A humid airmass across New England, in conjunction with a stationary front across southern New England, helped develop and focus thunderstorms across Windsor county during the afternoon.
Read the full account →A cold front moved into Vermont during the late afternoon and evening of Monday, June 29th. Thunderstorms developed along and ahead of this front with locally heavy rainfall. Flash flooding resulted in road washouts in and around Ricker Mills.
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.
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