Vermont, 2002

Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 2002

September 27 to 28, 2002 · NWS BTV · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

The remnants of Tropical Storm Isidore moved northeast from the Ohio Valley on Friday, September 27th into New York state during the afternoon of the 27th and across central Vermont during Friday night, September 27th. Heavy rain accompanied this system with generally between 1 1/2 and 2 inches of rainfall reported.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Isidore moved northeast from the Ohio Valley on Friday, September 27th into New York state during the afternoon of the 27th and across central Vermont during Friday night, September 27th. Heavy rain accompanied this system with generally between 1 1/2 and 2 inches of rainfall reported. Amounts were locally higher in the mountains. Earlier in the month, September 14-15, the remnants of Tropical Storm Hannah resulted in rainfall of around an inch across the same area. No flooding was reported with either event.

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 Sep 27, 10:29 AM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 10:29 AM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1129 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002

WILL UPDATE THE ZONE FORECASTS TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING...AND ALSO
TO EXPAND THE FLOOD WATCH TO ALL OUR VT ZONES. COORDINATED WITH
NORTHEAST RIVER FORECAST CENTER EARLIER THIS MORNING...AND THEY
INDICATED THAT SOME RIVERS IN NORTHERN VT WILL APPROACH FLOOD STAGE
BY SATURDAY MORNING...BASED ON THEIR NEW RIVER FORECAST OF
ANTICIPATED PRECIPITATION.  GLOBAL MODEL STILL IS THE MODEL OF
CHOICE WITH THE REMAINS OF ISIDORE.  OTHERWISE...NO CHANGES TO THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION...THE KCXX AND KTYX DOPPLER RADARS HAVE
BEEN SWITCHED TO THE TROPICAL Z/R RELATIONSHIP FOR RAINFALL
ESTIMATES. THIS PER THE REQUEST OF THE NORTHEAST RIVER FORECAST
CENTER.

.BTV...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NYZ026>031-NYZ034-035
       VTZ001>012.

WGH

The radar

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

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Event by event

8 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Caledonia

When
September 27, 1:00 PM EST to September 28, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Caledonia County, Countywide
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.465, -72.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Essex

When
September 27, 1:00 PM EST to September 28, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Essex County, Countywide
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.728, -71.736 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Franklin

When
September 27, 1:00 PM EST to September 28, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Franklin County, Countywide
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Lamoille

When
September 27, 1:00 PM EST to September 28, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Lamoille County, Countywide
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.606, -72.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Orange

When
September 27, 1:00 PM EST to September 28, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Orange County, Countywide
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.006, -72.377 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Orleans

When
September 27, 1:00 PM EST to September 28, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Orleans County, Countywide
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.829, -72.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Rutland

When
September 27, 1:00 PM EST to September 28, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Rutland County, Countywide
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Windsor

When
September 27, 1:00 PM EST to September 28, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Windsor County, Countywide
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.580, -72.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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

The same day elsewhere

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: 5320669, 5320670, 5320671, 5320672, 5320673, 5320674, 5320675, 5320676.