Flash Flood, Chittenden
- When
- August 12, 2:30 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chittenden County, South Burlington
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Vermont, August 12, 1998
Heavy rain and thunderstorms occurred during August 11th into the early morning hours of August 12th. 62 inches on August 11th which set a new August daily rainfall record.
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
- $30,000
- 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.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms occurred during August 11th into the early morning hours of August 12th. The Burlington Airport NWS Office received 3.62 inches on August 11th which set a new August daily rainfall record. Williston Road in South Burlington flooded and was closed from 3:30 AM EDT to 11 AM EDT (2:30 AM EST to 10 AM EST). Culverts backed up and Muddy Creek flooded.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:32 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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 12, 1998
- Wildfire in Idaho, August 12 to 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Vermont, August 12, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, 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
Every storm in Vermont in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, August 1998
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: 5667600.