Flash Flood, Clinton
- When
- February 27, 4:00 PM EST to February 29, 7:30 AM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, February 27 to 29, 2000
Mild weather Sunday through Monday resulted in a good deal of snowmelt with runoff into area rivers. Ice jams also formed especially on the Great Chazy River in and around Perry Mills and Champlain.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $75,000
- 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.
Mild weather Sunday through Monday resulted in a good deal of snowmelt with runoff into area rivers. Ice jams also formed especially on the Great Chazy River in and around Perry Mills and Champlain. In addition, a cold front stalled across New England Monday, with an area of low pressure moving along the front with steady rain. The river gage at Perry Mills was around 3 feet above flood stage. Extensive flooding was reported in the village of Champlain with water in houses and over roads. Route 9 was closed.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:02 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
- Flash Flood in American Samoa, February 27, 2000
- Hail in California, February 27, 2000
- Flooding in New York, February 27 to 29, 2000
- Hail in California, February 27, 2000
- Tornado in California, February 27, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 27, 2000
- Avalanche in Utah, February 27, 2000
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, February 27 to 29, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, February 27 to 28, 2000
- Flood and Heavy Rain in California, February 27, 2000
- Winter Storm in California, February 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 27 to 28, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, February 2000
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: 5134603.