Flood, Southern Carroll
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to 4:31 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Carroll forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.874, -71.203 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in New Hampshire, April 1, 2003
Mild weather and rainfall associated with a slow moving cold front combined to help melt the remaining snowpack and resulted in minor flooding from the morning of March 30th until the morning of April 1st. 5 inches in the mountains produced minor flooding on the Connecticut River at Dalton.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 GYX wrote it up.
Mild weather and rainfall associated with a slow moving cold front combined to help melt the remaining snowpack and resulted in minor flooding from the morning of March 30th until the morning of April 1st. Rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches in the mountains produced minor flooding on the Connecticut River at Dalton. The River crested at 17.74 ft on March 31 at about 2:15 pm.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Rain in California, April 1 to 30, 2003
- Drought in New Mexico, April 1 to 30, 2003
- Drought in Colorado, April 1 to 30, 2003
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, April 1 to 2, 2003
- Drought in Utah, April 1 to 30, 2003
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, April 1 to 2, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, April 1, 2003
- High Wind in Nevada, April 1, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 1 to 3, 2003
- Strong Wind in California, April 1 to 2, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, April 1 to 2, 2003
- Heavy Snow in California, April 1 to 2, 2003
More
Every storm in New Hampshire in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, April 2003
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5354046.