Vermont, 2001

Flash Flood in Vermont, April 22 to 23, 2001

April 22 to 23, 2001 · NWS BTV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Mild weather accompanied by snow melt and periods of light rain resulted in flooding of low lying areas and some local roads. In particular, the Missisquoi River overflowed its banks onto local roads, especially in the North Troy area with the river gage exceeding 10 feet at times.

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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 accompanied by snow melt and periods of light rain resulted in flooding of low lying areas and some local roads. In particular, the Missisquoi River overflowed its banks onto local roads, especially in the North Troy area with the river gage exceeding 10 feet at times. The Black River also flooded low lying areas especially in Coventry.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 9:54 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 9:54 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1054 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2001

WILL OPT TO ISSUE QUICK UPDATE TO ZFP FOR A FEW MINOR CHANGES.

CF TO DROP DOWN ACRS MUCH OF THE FA FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY...AS A
WK HI PRESS RIDGE BUILDS ACRS THE GREAT LKS REGION. S/W (AS SEEN IN
H2O VAP IMAGERY) TO CONT TO SWEEP ACRS QUE TODAY AS WELL.

09Z RUC SHOWS TEMPS TO MAX OUT AT 55-65F TODAY WITH WINDS BECOMING
WESTERLY AT 10-20 KTS. T1MAX TEMPS ARE IN THE M60S-L70S TODAY AND
LOOK BETTER THAN RUC TEMPS BASED ON CURRENT MESONET OBS. FEW TWEAKS
TO SOME FIRST PERIOD TEMPS/WINDS BASED ON THIS AND CURRENT OBS
TRENDS. MID-LVLS TO BE DRY ACRS THE FA TODAY AS SOME LOW-LVL MOISTURE
LINGERS ACRS THE NRN TIER. PW VALUES APPEAR TO BE AROUND 0.5 TODAY
ACRS THE FA BUT RUC NOT CRANKING OUT ANY PCPN. WILL HOLD ONTO DRY
FORECAST FOR TODAY BASED ON THIS AND THE FACT THAT THERE DOESN/T
APPEAR TO BE ANY PCPN ASSOCIATED WITH THE CF DROPPING DOWN ACRS SRN
CANADA ATTM.

NO OTHER MODEL DATA EVALUATED THIS MORNING DUE TO HYDRO CONCERNS...SO
REST OF CHANGES TO GOING ZFP COSMETIC.

HYDRO-WISE...SPENT A FAIR AMT OF TIME ASSESSING HYDRO SITUATION THIS
MORNING. STILL SOME LARGER RIVERS UNDER THE GUN FOR SOME POTL
FLOODING TODAY/TONITE INCLUDING: THE OTTER CREEK AND THE BLACK (THE
NRN VT ONE)...THE UPR REACHES OF THE MISSISQUOI...THE AUSABLE...AND
THE GREAT CHAZY RIVERS. FIELD FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM FOR
OTHER WATERWAYS TODAY AND TONITE. WILL CONT FFA FOR THE REST OF TODAY
AND MOST LIKELY EXTEND IT INTO AT LEAST TONITE ON THE AFTERNOON
PACKAGE.

WORK ZONES OUT UNDER ALBWRKCWF. FINAL ZFP BY 11 AM.

.BTV...FFA TODAY NYZ028>031-034-035-VTZ001>012.

MURRAY

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The Burlington radar (KCXX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:04 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Orleans

When
April 22, 12:00 PM EST to April 23, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Orleans County, Countywide
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
44.829, -72.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

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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: 5243770.