395
WWUS81 KBTV 211925
SPSBTV

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
325 PM EDT Tue May 21 2024

NYZ035-VTZ005-008>010-017-018-212015-
Eastern Essex NY-Eastern Chittenden VT-Western Chittenden VT-
Washington VT-Western Addison VT-Eastern Addison VT-Orange VT-
325 PM EDT Tue May 21 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL ESSEX...
NORTHWESTERN ORANGE...NORTHERN ADDISON...SOUTHERN CHITTENDEN AND
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

At 324 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Waltham, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
Vergennes, Middlebury, Westport, Weybridge, Monkton Ridge, Waterbury
Village, Lincoln, Monkton, Monkton Boro, New Haven, Addison,
Hinesburg, Moretown, Starksboro, Ferrisburg, Waltham, Bristol,
Waitsfield, Fayston, and Panton.

This includes Interstate 89 between mile markers 59 and 72.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

If on or near Lake Champlain, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4397 7333 4422 7349 4443 7274 4412 7261
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 245DEG 28KT 4409 7326

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Kremer