Flash Flood — Rutland, Vermont

2017-07-01 · near Mt Tabor, Rutland, Vermont

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 706052. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.