Flash Flood, Windsor
- When
- June 13, 3:15 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Windsor County, Tyson
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -72.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Vermont, June 13, 1996
An area of weak low pressure moved across northern portions of New York and Vermont during Thursday June 13, 1996. The associated trough and wind shift acted to focus afternoon and evening thunderstorms across all of Vermont.
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
- 0
- 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 weak low pressure moved across northern portions of New York and Vermont during Thursday June 13, 1996. The associated trough and wind shift acted to focus afternoon and evening thunderstorms across all of Vermont. Some of these thunderstorms were accompanied by heavy rain with local flooding, and strong winds with trees and power lines blown down.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, June 13, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, June 13, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Vermont, June 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 13, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, June 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 13, 1996
More
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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: 5573091.