Flash Flood, Orleans
- When
- August 11, 9:50 PM EST to August 12, 12:30 AM EST
- Where
- Orleans County, West Portion
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.829, -72.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Vermont, August 11 to 12, 1998
A cold front moved across the region during the late afternoon and night of August 11th into the early morning of August 12th. With a warm humid airmass in place, thunderstorms resulted in torrential downpours during the late night.
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
- $500,000
- 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.
A cold front moved across the region during the late afternoon and night of August 11th into the early morning of August 12th. With a warm humid airmass in place, thunderstorms resulted in torrential downpours during the late night. Small streams and brooks quickly rose to bankful or greater. Roads were flooded in Westfield.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:47 UTC.
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
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 11, 1998
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- Flash Flood in Indiana, August 11, 1998
- Damaging Wind in California, August 11, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 11, 1998
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: 5667533.