Flash Flood, Chittenden
- When
- July 1, 7:30 AM EST to 12:20 PM EST
- Where
- Chittenden County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998
A storm system tracked across New England with steady rainfall. The previous month was very wet so soil conditions remained saturated.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $1.0 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A storm system tracked across New England with steady rainfall. The previous month was very wet so soil conditions remained saturated. Many rivers and streams rose rapidly with some exceeding flood stage. By 0730 AM EST water was beginning to bubble up through manholes in the City of Burlington, and flooding of roads was a big problem through the morning in the City of Burlington. Widespread flooding of roads was reported in the Vermont towns of Underhill, Jericho and Williston.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:30 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
- Heat in Texas, July 1 to 31, 1998
- Heat in Louisiana, July 1 to 31, 1998
- Heat in Texas, July 1 to 31, 1998
- Wildfire in Florida, July 1 to 10, 1998
- Heat in Louisiana, July 1 to 31, 1998
- Heat in Illinois, July 1 to 2, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, July 1, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, July 1, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 1, 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: 5669279.