Vermont, 2001

Flooding in Vermont, April 24 to 25, 2001

April 24 to 25, 2001 · NWS BTV · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Field flooding with water reported on Rtes 122 and Rte 5 in Caledonia county. Low land flooding in Essex county near Victory.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$2,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Field flooding with water reported on Rtes 122 and Rte 5 in Caledonia county. Low land flooding in Essex county near Victory. This flooding occurred in the Passumpsic Basin.

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 24, 8:46 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 8:46 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
946 PM EDT TUE APR 24 2001

SPENT A FAIR AMT OF TIME ON HYDRO SITUATION THIS EVENING. WILL CONT
FLOOD WARNINGS WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE (CENV1...ASFN6 AND
LK CHAMP). PASV1 MAY COME CLOSE TO FS LATER TONITE...BUT WILL HOLD
OFF ON ANY WARNINGS FOR NOW THERE AS GAGE APPEARS TO HAVE A CHC TO
CREST AOB FS. MANY OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS RUNNING HI TONITE. WILL
PLAN ON UPDATED FFSBTV BY 11 PM TO COVER THIS.

NO UPDATES PLANNED TO THE ZFP THIS EVENING...AS NO MODEL DATA
EVALUATED. CURRENT FIRST PERIOD FORECAST LOOKS TO BASICALLY BE ON
TRACK ANYWAYS. ANY CHANGES THAT I/D MAKE TO IT WOULD BE VERY MINOR.

LATER...

.BTV...FLW FOR CENV1 AND ASFN6
       LAKE FLOOD WARNING FOR LK CHAMP

MURRAY

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Caledonia

When
April 24, 10:00 PM EST to April 25, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Caledonia forecast zone
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
44.465, -72.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Essex

When
April 24, 10:00 PM EST to April 25, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Essex forecast zone
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
44.728, -71.736 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5243779, 5243780.