Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Burlington, VT
Issued by NWS Burlington, VT
588 WWUS81 KBTV 202238 SPSBTV Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Burlington VT 638 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 NYZ028-031-035-VTZ001-002-005-006-016-017-202330- Eastern Clinton NY-Western Clinton NY-Eastern Essex NY- Western Franklin VT-Grand Isle VT-Eastern Chittenden VT- Western Chittenden VT-Eastern Franklin VT-Lamoille VT- 638 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON... NORTHEASTERN ESSEX...WESTERN LAMOILLE...SOUTHERN GRAND ISLE... CHITTENDEN AND SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT... At 638 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from St. Albans City to near South Hero to Peru. Movement was southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Essex Junction, Plattsburgh International Airport, South Burlington, Burlington International Airport, Burlington, Peru, Schuyler Falls, Willsboro, Johnson Village, Cambridge, Winooski, Westford, Colchester, Essex Junction Village, Fairfax, Williston, Georgia, St. George, St. Albans Town, and Johnson. This includes the following highways... Interstate 87 between mile markers 135 and 150. Interstate 89 between mile markers 75 and 113. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for northern New York...and northwestern Vermont. && LAT...LON 4467 7262 4442 7288 4426 7335 4463 7365 4470 7331 4483 7319 TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 312DEG 17KT 4480 7311 4466 7325 4460 7354 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$