Flash Flood in Orange County, Vermont

Flash Flood July 1, 2017 · Orange County, Vermont

$1.9M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Roads throughout Orange County were heavily damaged by flash flooding. Thetford was particularly hard hit, where 75 percent of the towns roads were damaged. Residents were isolated by flood waters and damaged roads.

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 Union Vlg (43.7773, -72.2093).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 706059. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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