Flash Flood — Rutland, Vermont

2023-07-07 · near Killington, Rutland, Vermont

$200K

Property damage

Event narrative

Training thunderstorms with torrential rainfall affected portions of Rutland and Windsor Counties during the afternoon and early evening on July 7, 2023 leading to areas of flash flooding and one considerable landslide on Route 4 near Mission Farm Road in Killington. Area rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches were observed within the Flash Flood Warning area with a core of 3 to 5 inch totals noted in the Killington/Bridgewater areas.

Wider weather episode

Clusters of showers and thunderstorms crossed the Green Mountain state on July 7, 2023. Torrential downpours were frequent with some storms repeatedly training over the southern and central Green Mountains as well in portions of northeastern Vermont where, in some cases, considerable flash flooding occurred.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1109045. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.