Vermont is currently experiencing a storm which could cause “catastrophic floods” — and the golf courses are feeling its wrath.
Forecasters don’t mince words when comparing possible effects with tropical storm Irene, which in 2011 poured 11 inches of rainfall, caused damages worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and took seven lives.
Marlon verasamy is a meteorologist in the National Weather Service Burlington Office. He said that the tone of the warning was meant to make Vermonters take the storm seriously.
At 9 am on Monday, some areas of southern Vermont received five inches of rain in the day and night before. Swift water rescues were used to pull 10 people from a flooded campsite. Ludlow’s roads were closed due to the flooding.
The large-scale system, which had already impacted much of southern Vermont as well as some eastern areas of the state by Monday morning was expected to continue moving northward and bring more rain and flooding into Chittenden County until the afternoon.
Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore tweeted about The Quechee Club’s Lakeland Course. It features water on seventeen holes. On Monday, it was flooded. In 2011, Hurricane Irene damaged the same course.
There is no golf at Quechee today and probably for the rest the month, at least on the 9th and 10holes here at Lakeland. This video was sent to me by my brother Vincent! #vtwx pic.twitter.com/W21X115l8o
Jim Cantore July 10th, 2023
A flash flood warning is in place until 1:15 p.m. for eastern Chittenden east of Browns River, including parts of Essex, Richmond and Richmond. There was a forecast of 2 to 3 inches rain during the day and 1 to 2 inches more overnight in that area.
A flood watch was issued in western Chittenden County until 8 pm. The area was predicted to receive 1 to 2 inches of rainfall during the day and overnight.
As the heavy rain continues, this is the entrance to Okemo Mountain Resort at Ludlow in Vermont. My friend Pat Moore made this video. pic.twitter.com/oBle9RL9qj
Tyler Jankoski, NBC5
@TylerJankoski July 10, 2020
Localized flooding on roads and localized flooding were expected in Chittenden County for Monday. Verasamy stated that the National Weather Service kept a close eye on the Winooski River, which had begun to rise. It was expected to reach flood stage and then peak at moderate flood stage around midday Tuesday. While roads and homes are expected to be affected by flooding on Monday, rivers that overflow their banks will be the main concern on Tuesday.
Over the course of two days, parts of the county may receive up to 6 inches of rainfall. A good deal of rain has fallen in the area recently. This means that the flood risk is higher and more widespread.
Flooding is threatening lives in large parts of Vermont today. Rescue crews have been called to multiple communities. As of 10AM, about two dozen state highways were closed. Flash flood warnings have been issued from Massachusetts to the Canadian border. pic.twitter.com/09ryZ1N7bR
Vermont State Police (@VTStatePolice). 10 July 2023 HTML0.
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