Flash Flood, Franklin
- When
- January 24, 2:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Vermont, January 24, 1999
A storm system moved through the Great Lakes region Saturday and Saturday night (January 23) and into eastern Canada Sunday (January 24). A few ice jams formed Sunday (January 24).
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
- $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 moved through the Great Lakes region Saturday and Saturday night (January 23) and into eastern Canada Sunday (January 24). A few ice jams formed Sunday (January 24). These jams along with the mild weather with melting snow and rain Saturday night and Sunday resulted in a few rivers reaching or exceeding their banks during Sunday. In particular, flooding was reported in and around the Bakersfield area and on the Trout River Sunday afternoon (January 24).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, January 24 to 26, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, January 24, 1999
- Flash Flood in New York, January 24, 1999
- Flooding in Kentucky, January 24 to 31, 1999
- Flooding in Michigan, January 24 to 28, 1999
- Flash Flood and Heat in Massachusetts, January 24 to 25, 1999
- Flooding in New York, January 24 to 27, 1999
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, January 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, January 24 to 25, 1999
- Flooding in Ohio, January 24, 1999
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, January 1999
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: 5688406.