Flood, Western Addison
- When
- May 11, 3:00 AM EST to May 12, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Addison forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Vermont, May 11 to 12, 1996
A cold front moved south across Vermont late Friday night (5/10/96) and Saturday (5/11/96). Rain spread across the region Saturday and Sunday with between 1 1/2 and 3 1/2 inches of rainfall.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 3
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.
A cold front moved south across Vermont late Friday night (5/10/96) and Saturday (5/11/96). An area of low pressure developed along the front in Central New York Saturday and moved into the Gulf of Maine Sunday (5/12/96).Rain spread across the region Saturday and Sunday with between 1 1/2 and 3 1/2 inches of rainfall. The rain mixed with wet snow above the 2000 foot level Sunday with 1 to 3 inches of snow accumulating in the mountains.Many rivers became swollen Saturday and Sunday...with some minir field flooding resulting. Some field flooding was reported along the Otter Creek from Rutland to Middlebury and along portions of the Black River in Windsor County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Western Rutland
- When
- May 11, 3:00 AM EST to May 12, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Rutland forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Windsor
- When
- May 11, 3:00 AM EST to May 12, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Windsor forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
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
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 11, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, May 11, 1996
- Flood in Ohio, May 11 to 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, May 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: 5551748, 5551749, 5551750.