Flash Flood, Rutland
- When
- July 16, 9:15 PM EST to July 17, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rutland County, East Portion
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
An upper level low over the eastern Great Lakes and western New York and it's related surface low pressure system resulted in showers and thunderstorms across Vermont during the afternoon and night of Sunday July 16th. Slow moving thunderstorms resulted in especially heavy rainfall across the eastern two thirds of Rutland county.
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
- $200,000
- 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.
An upper level low over the eastern Great Lakes and western New York and it's related surface low pressure system resulted in showers and thunderstorms across Vermont during the afternoon and night of Sunday July 16th. Slow moving thunderstorms resulted in especially heavy rainfall across the eastern two thirds of Rutland county. The Chittenden River in and around Chittenden, VT flooded with road washouts. Road washouts were reported elsewhere as smaller rivers left there banks.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:12 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
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 16, 2000
- Heat in Louisiana, July 16, 2000
- Heat in Louisiana, July 16, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 16, 2000
- Hail in Virginia, July 16, 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: 5173236.