Flash Flood in Vermont, July 15 to 16, 1997

Name: Flash Flood in Vermont, July 15 to 16, 1997
Start: 1997-07-15T02:00
End: 1997-07-16T04:00
Location: Vermont

July 15 to 16, 1997 · NWS BTV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $8.0 million
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.

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Franklin

When: July 15, 2:00 AM EST to July 16, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Franklin County, Countywide
Property damage: $8.0 million
Coordinates: 44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A cold front stalled across northern Vermont during the morning hours of July 15, 1997 and focused heavy convective rain during the morning of July 15. This resulted in numerous road and bridge washouts, especially in eastern Franklin county. Extensive flooding of tributary rivers was followed by flooding of larger rivers. Flooding of the Trout River was especially severe and resulted in major road and bridge washouts in Montgomery Center.

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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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Vermont in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Vermont, July 1997

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: 5616936.