Today was quite a day as far as weather is concerned. Widespread .50 - 1.25 inches of rain has fallen across Northern New York, and Northern Vermont. Across Central and Northeast Vermont, as well as Southern St. Lawrence, Southern Franklin, and most of Essex County New York has seen widespread rainfall amounts of 1-3 inches with scattered areas of 3-4 inches and isolated areas of up to 5 inches of rain. These heavier amounts produced some significant Flash Flooding. The hardest hit county was Addison County, more specific is the Southern portion of the County. Doppler radar estimates that 3 - 5 inches fell across the southern portions of Addison County. These amounts resulted in widespread road washouts/ closures, as well as some evacuations. Damage across that area is astonishing.
     All Flood Alerts have been dropped. No warnings, watches, or advisories are in effect. This will likely change though by tomorrow. More on this in a moment.
     National Weather Service Doppler radar is showing some light to occasionally moderate rain over North-Central, and Northeast Vermont. With another area of strong thunderstorms over extreme Southwest St. Lawrence County in Northern New York. Showers should remain concentrated across Northeast Vermont, and should taper off overnight. The drying wont last more then several hours, as more showers and thunderstorms develop from late morning Thursday on. These showers and thunderstorms are predicted to be fairly widespread, and slow moving. This with all the rain today, and in past weeks will lead to significant runoff and the threat for flash flooding. Of most concern is Addison County in Vermont. As only around an inch in one hour will cause some problems. If these storms drop 2 - 3 inches in a couple of hours which they have the potential to do. This could mean devastating flash flooding, across the already hard hit Addison County. The possibility of Flash Flooding will be across the entire area, with the stronger storms that develop tomorrow. I would not be surprised to see another Flash Flood Watch issued again tomorrow. Stay tuned to this very serious and developing weather situation.
     Below is an updated flood potential map...

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