Flash Flood, Washington
- When
- July 1, 1:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, East Portion
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.273, -72.615 (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 steady rainfall. Soil conditions were saturated and many rivers were running high and muddy.
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
- $10,000
- 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 storm system tracked across New England with periods of steady rainfall. Soil conditions were saturated and many rivers were running high and muddy. The Winooski River was in and out of its banks from time to time during the afternoon and early night of July 1st, especially from the Marshfield to Plainfield areas.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:58 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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- 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
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998
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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: 5669283.