Flash Flood, Lamoille
- When
- August 12, 8:30 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lamoille County, Johnson
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 44.606, -72.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Vermont, August 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. Thunderstorms during the early morning hours of August 12th resulted in torrential downpours with rises on the Lamoille River.
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
- $80,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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. Thunderstorms during the early morning hours of August 12th resulted in torrential downpours with rises on the Lamoille River. Flooding of this river occurred during the morning hours in and around both the Johnson and Wolcott areas. Road washouts were reported in Wolcott.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:31 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Lamoille
- When
- August 12, 8:30 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lamoille County, Wolcott
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.606, -72.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 12, 1998
- Wildfire in Idaho, August 12 to 21, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, August 12, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, August 12, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, August 12, 1998
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Florida, August 12, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 12, 1998
- Hail in North Dakota, August 12, 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: 5667534, 5667535.