Flash Flood, Chittenden
- When
- July 1, 12:20 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chittenden County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- 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 periods of rain continuing. Soil conditions remained saturated with streams and rivers at or above flood stage.
Where it happened
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- 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 periods of rain continuing. Soil conditions remained saturated with streams and rivers at or above flood stage. Many basements of houses were flooded, especially in Shelburne. Storm sewers were flooding in many localities. By afternoon, portions of train tracks in both Burlington and Shelburne suffered extensive damage with erosion of the track bed and actual washouts in places. Some roads remained closed through the afternoon, such as Rte 7 in Colchester, Vt with other roads flooded in Burlington. Some local sources of drinking water became contaminated and several beaches were closed due to pollution from the flood waters.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:18 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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- 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 Vermont, 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
- 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: 5669282.