Flash Flood, Chittenden
- When
- February 28, 3:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chittenden County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Vermont, February 28, 2000
Mild weather Sunday through Monday resulted in a good deal of snowmelt with runoff into area rivers. In addition, a cold front stalled across New England Monday, with an area of low pressure moving along the front with steady rain.
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.
Mild weather Sunday through Monday resulted in a good deal of snowmelt with runoff into area rivers. In addition, a cold front stalled across New England Monday, with an area of low pressure moving along the front with steady rain. Ice jams formed with flooding on the Browns River and the Winooski River. Route 128 Westford and Essex was closed by the Browns River flood waters. The North Williston Road was closed by Winooski River flood waters. Flooding of the Browns River began around 3 AM while flooding of the Winooski began around 3 PM.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:58 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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- High Wind in Oregon, February 28 to 29, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, February 28, 2000
- Flood in Vermont, February 28, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, February 28, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, February 28, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, February 28, 2000
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: 5134607.