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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Burlington, VT

June 15, 2026Rutland County, Windsor County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2026, 12:25 AM EDT for Rutland County, Windsor County, Vermont. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2026, 12:25 AM EDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2026, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Rutland County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 302 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2026-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2026-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 14, 7:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 7:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
1115 PM EDT Sun Jun 14 2026

VTZ010-011-019>021-150400-
Eastern Rutland VT-Western Rutland VT-Western Windsor VT-
Eastern Windsor VT-Orange VT-
1115 PM EDT Sun Jun 14 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE...RUTLAND
AND WINDSOR COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT...

At 1115 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Wallingford, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Rutland, Woodstock, Killington, Ludlow Village, Rutland City,
Wallingford, Rutland - Southern Vermont Airport, Pomfret, Plymouth,
Hartland, West Rutland, Ira, Mount Holly, Sharon, Mount Tabor,
Shrewsbury, Danby, Lake St. Catherine, Bridgewater, and Pittsfield.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 89 between mile markers 1 and 33.
 Interstate 91 between mile markers 59 and 61, and between mile
markers 63 and 78.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.

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LAT...LON 4330 7282 4330 7297 4329 7299 4330 7298
      4331 7325 4345 7325 4399 7263 4374 7226
      4369 7231 4360 7234 4357 7238 4351 7240
      4328 7282
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 236DEG 41KT 4345 7294

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Clay

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 11:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVRutland, Windsor45 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.