Flash Flood, Bennington
- When
- July 14, 5:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bennington County, Northeast Portion
- Property damage
- $44,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.036, -73.093 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Vermont, July 14, 2000
A very moist air mass moved over extreme southern Vermont during the afternoon of July 14. A cold front stalled to the west of the region.
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
- $44,000
- 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 ALY wrote it up.
A very moist air mass moved over extreme southern Vermont during the afternoon of July 14. A cold front stalled to the west of the region. This scenario along with terrain enhancement, resulted in a cluster of thunderstorms developing across this region. The thunderstorms contained torrential rainfall which produced Doppler radar estimates of up to 3 inches in extreme northeast Bennington County. The result was flash flooding which washed out sections of roadways in northeast Bennington County.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 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
- Heat in Louisiana, July 14 to 22, 2000
- Heat in Missouri, July 14 to 16, 2000
- Heat in Alabama, July 14 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, July 14 to 15, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, July 14, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, July 14, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New York, July 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 14, 2000
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 14, 2000
- Wildfire and Hail in South Dakota, July 14, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 14, 2000
More
Every storm in Vermont in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, July 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: 5164834.