Flood, Grand Isle
- When
- May 12, 8:00 AM EST to May 24, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grand Isle forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.797, -73.295 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Vermont, May 12 to 24, 1996
Continued runoff into Lake Champlain resulted in the lake level rising above the 100 foot mark with minor lake shore flooding. 90 feet on May 16, 1996.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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.
Continued runoff into Lake Champlain resulted in the lake level rising above the 100 foot mark with minor lake shore flooding. The highest level recorded during this period in May of 1996 was 100.90 feet on May 16, 1996.
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 Franklin
- When
- May 12, 8:00 AM EST to May 24, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Franklin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Western Chittenden
- When
- May 12, 8:00 AM EST to May 24, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Chittenden forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 Florida, May 12, 1996
- Flooding in New York, May 12 to 17, 1996
- Winter Weather in Maine, May 12, 1996
- Flooding in New York, May 12 to 24, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Hampshire, May 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maine, May 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, May 12, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 12, 1996
- Flood in Massachusetts, May 12 to 14, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 12, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 12, 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: 5551751, 5551752, 5551753.