Flood, Caledonia
- When
- July 3, 9:45 PM EST to 10:15 PM EST
- Where
- Caledonia forecast zone
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 44.465, -72.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Vermont, July 3, 1996
An area of low pressure over the Mid-Atlantic states on Wednesday July 3, 1996 moved north across New England during Thursday July 4, 1996. A woman was injured when her car was driven into a flooded culvert during the late night hours of July 3 at approximately 2145 PM EST.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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 BTV wrote it up.
An area of low pressure over the Mid-Atlantic states on Wednesday July 3, 1996 moved north across New England during Thursday July 4, 1996. Periods of heavy rain...enhanced by thunderstorms moved across the region the night of July 3, 1996 and during the day of July 4th.A woman was injured when her car was driven into a flooded culvert during the late night hours of July 3 at approximately 2145 PM EST. The accident occurred in Stannard, VT.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Connecticut, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maine, July 3 to 4, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, July 1996
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: 5572112.