Flash Flood in Rutland County, Vermont

Flash Flood July 1, 2017 · Rutland County, Vermont

$1.2M

Damage as recorded

$100K

Crop damage

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Flash flooding damaged local roads and washed out culverts throughout southwest Rutland County. Flood waters rose into farm fields and rendered vegetable crops unusable.

The wider storm

Heavy rainfall of 3 to 4 inches during the past 3-4 days had pre-saturated the soils across much of central Vermont. During the afternoon of July 1st, a series of heavy rain showers and thunderstorms moved across central VT delivering very heavy localized rainfall that caused some scattered flash flooding. A few of these thunderstorms had strong winds to topple a few trees as well.

Began near Mt Tabor (43.3096, -72.9307).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 706052. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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