Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Burlington, VT
Issued by NWS Burlington, VT
177 WWUS81 KBTV 212156 SPSBTV Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Burlington VT 556 PM EDT Tue May 21 2024 VTZ003-004-007-016-212300- Essex VT-Caledonia VT-Eastern Franklin VT-Orleans VT- 556 PM EDT Tue May 21 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CALEDONIA... ORLEANS...NORTHWESTERN ESSEX AND EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT... At 555 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lowell, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Newport City, Island Pond, Orleans, Derby Center, Charleston, Newport Town, Westmore, Orleans Village, Brownington, Coventry, Barton, Troy, Newark, Newark Hollow, Brownington Village, Irasburg, Westfield, Morgan, Warren Gore, and Newport Center. This includes Interstate 91 between mile markers 152 and 172. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 4479 7259 4494 7258 4498 7172 4465 7196 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 269DEG 24KT 4483 7245 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ Kremer