Quick Thursday Morning Update: Bullet WAS Dodged; Break From Storms Today?

The Spanked Puppy Restaurant and Pub
in Colchester posted this photo of storm
damage to their business on Tuesday.
They were forced to shut down for that
evening, but have since re-opened. 

 Have to get an early start this Thursday morning, so a quick very early post to say:

Good morning! And no, Vermont did NOT have any huge new flood problems on Wednesday. 

We did have that new flash flood warning last evening for the Northeast Kingdom, including hard-hit St Johnsbury and Lyndonville. 

I'm sure that - and the heavy rain that did fall - freaked a lot of people out in that neck of the woods. 

Luckily it didn't rain hard or long enough to cause major issues. Sure, there was some minor trouble. I saw a photo on Facebook of some water over the road on Route 122 between Lyndonville and Sheffield. I'm also sure there was some more erosion on steep roads and driveways. But nothing cataclysmic. 

It seems the "training" storms - those that kept going over the same areas repeatedly, focused more on New Hampshire than in Vermont. 

Several roads were closed in Grafton County, New Hampshire, across the Connecticut River from Vermont and east of the St. Johnsbury/Lyndonville area. Up to 4.5 inches of rain was reported in that New Hampshire county. 

Lost in all this, that I should mention, is the degree of storm damage in parts of Burlington and Colchester Tuesday afternoon. It looks like the area was afflicted by a microburst, especially around the area of the eastern end of Bay Road, Route 2 and the western part of Main Street in Colchester. 

Many trees fell, some landing atop houses.  The popular Spanked Puppy Restaurant and Pub was damaged by falling trees and forced to close for business Tuesday. The damage has since been cleaned up and the business has  re-opened

The weather story today and tomorrow is just more hot, humid weather. There are chances of showers and thunderstorms. But they will be limited in number, size, scope and longevity, so I wouldn't worry about new flash flooding either day. 

More storms on Saturday and Sunday could create a few instances of water trouble, but so far, the risk doesn't look extreme. Definitely worth keeping an eye on,  though. 

We're still seeing signs of a major change in the weather pattern that could give us a fairly extended period of mostly cooler, much less humid weather next week. 

I'll have a post today that will give you all the proof you need that you lived through one of the worst weather Julys on record. Let's hope for a calmer August!