A weak surface low developed along a slow moving cold front across the Champlain Valley of Vermont during the late afternoon and evening hours of June 14th. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed in a very moisture laden atmosphere during the late afternoon and traveled over the same areas along two stationary boundaries during the evening.
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The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A weak surface low developed along a slow moving cold front across the Champlain Valley of Vermont during the late afternoon and evening hours of June 14th. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed in a very moisture laden atmosphere during the late afternoon and traveled over the same areas along two stationary boundaries during the evening. Localized heavy rainfall up to 7 inches occurred in Ripton (Addison county) and 3 to 5 inches in Rutland (Rutland county).
These heavy rainfall amounts led to flash flooding in a very rural and mountainous community of Ripton with numerous driveway, culvert and road washouts which stranded dozens of residents. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall in Rutland led to urban flash flooding which caused flooded streets as well as flooded numerous basements and first floors of homes and businesses...over 80 businesses and homes were affected.
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 Jun 14, 8:03 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 903 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. OTHERWISE...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. A COOLER AND UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY BY MIDWEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... AS OF 843 PM EDT SATURDAY...NUMEROUS SHRA/TSRA HAVE AND WL CONT TO DVLP FM CHMPL VLY E TNGT IN RICH PWAT FIELD. 4KMWRF SHOWED A FLARE-UP IN SRN CHMPL VLY THAT HAS MATERIALIZED AND EVIDENCE OF BACKBUILDING AS WELL. THIS ACTVTY WL SLOWLY MV E OVRNGT AND RUT/WINDSOR CTYS HAVE ALRDY WITNESSED LCLZD 2-3 INCHES AND EXPANDING INTO ADDISON CTY AS WELL. IT/S GOING TO BE VERY BUSY THROUGH MIDNGT AND PSBLY BEYOND. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS/STATEMENTS/WARNINGS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 245 PM EDT SATURDAY...THE FCST FOCUS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY WL BE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPING MID/UPPER LVL TROF. ON SUNDAY...THE MID/UPPER LVL DYNAMICS/WIND FIELDS ARE BETTER...BUT LLVL INSTABILITY AND SFC CONVERGENCE IS LIMITED. SFC BASED CAPE VALUES ARE PROGGED TO BE 500 OR LESS J/KG AND LIS AROUND -1C...WITH 0-3 KM SHEAR OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND 0-6KM SHEAR OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS. WL MENTION LOW CHC POPS ON SUNDAY...WITH BEST POTENTIAL ACRS THE HIGHER TRRN. BASED ON 85H TEMPS NEAR 12C AND 925MB TEMPS BTWN 18-20C...WL MENTION HIGHS NEAR 80 CPV/CT RIVER VALLEY TO M/U 70S MTNS. TUESDAY...MID/UPPER LVL TROF APPROACHES OUR WESTERN CWA...WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED VORTS AND SFC COLD FRNT. THE COLD POOL ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH ULVL TROF WL HELP TO STEEP LAPSE RATES...BUT SFC INSTABILITY FOR SVR CONVECTION WL BE MARGINAL. HOWEVER...DEEP LAYER SHEAR WL INCREASE ASSOCIATED HIGHER WINDS WITH DEVELOPING TROF. WL CONT TO MENTION HIGH CHC TO LOW LIKELY POPS ATTM...WITH TEMPS IN THE 70S TO NEAR 80. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 334 PM EDT SATURDAY...PRETTY LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST WITH HUGE UPPER LOW THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF THE FORECAST. MODELS DO NOT USUALLY CAPTURE THIS FEATURE ACCURATELY. ALTHOUGH...THIS IS THE SECOND DAY IN THE ROW THAT THE MODELS HAVE THE SAME IDEA ABOUT THE UPPER LOW HANGING ON STRONG FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE EXTENDED. SURFACE AND UPPER LOW BECOMING VERTICALLY STACKED OVER THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND DAILY CHANCES OF SHOWERS TUESDAY - FRIDAY. SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT EXACT PLACEMENT OF UPPER LOW AND SURFACE CYCLOGENISIS AND WHEN IT WILL LIFT OUT. OVERALL LOOKS LIKE A CLOUDY AND WET FORECAST FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST WITH AT LEAST A CHANCE OF RAIN EVERYDAY. BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE TUESDAY AS FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. && .AVIATION /01Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... THROUGH 00Z MONDAY...CDFNT/TROF MOVE EAST ACRS FA WITH NUMEROUS AND CONTD DVLPG SHWRS/TSTRMS...ESP CHMPL VLY E THAT WILL END SLOWLY FROM WEST TO EAST ACRS VT. ALSO...EXPECT SOME FOG AND LOW CLOUDS TO FORM LATER TONIGHT WITH MVFR/IFR CONDS. WE WILL HAVE PATCHY FOG FOR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE IT LIFTS OFF. 00Z MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...VFR CONDITIONS WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES SUNDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER CDFNT WILL BRING NUMEROUS SHWRS AND THNDSTRMS WITH MVFR AND PSBL IFR CONDITIONS TO THE AREA MONDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING CLOUDY SKIES AND SHOWERS TO THE REGION TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH OCNL MVFR CONDITIONS. && .HYDROLOGY... THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED 3 INCH AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ACRS CENTRAL/EASTERN VT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. PWS APPROACHING 2.00 WHICH IS 200% ABOVE NORMAL AND STORM MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SOME QUICK RISES IN SMALLER STREAM BASINS CAN BE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. NO WIDESPREAD OR LARGE STEM RIVER FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED ATTM. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR VTZ011-012-019. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TABER NEAR TERM...SLW/TABER SHORT TERM...TABER LONG TERM...JAN/SISSON AVIATION...SLW/JAN HYDROLOGY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 850 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>010-016>018-160100- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE- WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA- WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-EASTERN FRANKLIN- EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- 850 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT AND NORTHWEST VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...RESULTING IN QUICK RISES ON SMALLER STREAMS ALONG WITH MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. SOME BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST OF STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VTZ011-012-019-160100- WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN RUTLAND- 850 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 349 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 VTZ012-019-142045- WINDSOR-EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING...BELMONT...BRIDGEWATER CENTER...BRIDGEWATER CORNERS...CAMP PLYMOUTH...CAVENDISH...COOLIDGE STATE PARK...CUTTINGSVILLE...EAST WALLINGFORD...GAYSVILLE...GIFFORD WOODS STATE PARK...KILLINGTON... LUDLOW...MT. HOLLY...NORTH SHREWSBURY...PLYMOUTH...PROCTORSVILLE... RUSSELLVILLE...SHREWSBURY...TYSON AND WEST BRIDGEWATER 349 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 AT 346 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER MT. HOLLY...MOVING EAST AT 11 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE 7 MILES NORTH OF LUDLOW BY 400 PM...NEAR TYSON...PLYMOUTH BY 410 PM AND 9 MILES NORTH OF CAVENDISH BY 420 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL WITH THIS STORM...LEADING TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DMD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 354 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 NYZ028>031-034-035-VTZ001>012-016>019-150200- EASTERN CLINTON-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE- WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...STAR LAKE... SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID... PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS... NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE... ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD... RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION... ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON... EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON 354 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS VERMONT AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS VERMONT AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK. MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN VERMONT. GIVEN THE VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND SLOW MOVEMENT EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED 3 OR MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALLER STREAMS AND RIVERS...ALONG WITH FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...SOME BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE GREATEST THREAT AREA WILL BE FROM THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS EAST ACROSS THE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. PERSONS LIVING...HIKING OR CAMPING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS OR ALONG MOUNTAINS STREAMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND AT FIRST SIGNS OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SLW
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:44 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous Streets (West, Merchants Row, West, Washington, Clover, etc.), businesses, homes and vehicles severely flooded in downtown.
Numerous road and driveway washouts, including Route 125 in Ripton through East Middlebury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Vermont in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, June 2008
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: 122115, 122116.