Flash Flood — Windsor, Vermont

2017-07-01 · near Stockbridge, Windsor, Vermont

Event narrative

Flash flooding damaged roads across northern Windsor County. Flowing water covered Route 132 in Sharon, and multiple residences were cut off by high water and damaged roads throughout the area. Residences along Sargent Road in Norwich were damaged.

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 706055. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.