Vermont, 2017

High Wind and Heavy Rain in Vermont, October 29 to 30, 2017

October 29 to 30, 2017 · NWS ALY · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

A low pressure system developed off the southeast coast and rapidly intensified as it tracked northward tapping into tropical moisture. The powerful low moved across eastern New York and western New England Sunday night into early Monday morning bringing damaging winds, power outages, heavy rainfall and flooding to the region.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • 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
3

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 ALY wrote it up.

A low pressure system developed off the southeast coast and rapidly intensified as it tracked northward tapping into tropical moisture. The powerful low moved across eastern New York and western New England Sunday night into early Monday morning bringing damaging winds, power outages, heavy rainfall and flooding to the region. As the system departed, strong winds ensued and caused thousands of power outages and trees down across southern Vermont. Total rainfall amounts reported across southern Vermont ranged from 1.07 inches in Bennington to 7.01 inches near Wilmington.

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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 29, 7:01 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 7:01 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 high wind, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Windham

When
October 29, 9:00 AM EST to October 30, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Windham County, 0.69 mi N of Harmonyville
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
43.040, -72.670

A storm total rainfall of 3.6 inches was reported.

High Wind, Eastern Windham

When
October 30, 1:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
Where
Eastern Windham forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
42.991, -72.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Multiple reports of trees and wires down. There was also a report of smoke from a wire falling onto a tree near Bellows Falls.

High Wind, Bennington

When
October 30, 1:40 AM EST to 2:00 AM EST
Where
Bennington forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Newspaper
Coordinates
43.036, -73.093 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Multiple reports of trees, large tree limbs, and wires down across the area.

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 726297, 726301, 726298.