Vermont, 1996

Flash Flood in Vermont, July 13, 1996

July 13, 1996 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The remnants of Hurricane Bertha tracked from the Mid-Atlantic region northeast to Quebec, Canada between Saturday morning July 13 to Sunday morning July 14. Three to five inches of rain was common across southern Vermont.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$9,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.

The remnants of Hurricane Bertha tracked from the Mid-Atlantic region northeast to Quebec, Canada between Saturday morning July 13 to Sunday morning July 14. Three to five inches of rain was common across southern Vermont. Several roads and streams were flooded throughout the region, including low-land flooding along the Hoosic River in Bennington County. Scattered power outages also occurred over the area, when strong winds downed water-laden tree branches onto wires.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Windham

When
July 13, 5:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where
Windham County, Green River
Property damage
$9,000
Coordinates
42.991, -72.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5581485.