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Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Burlington, VT
Issued by NWS Burlington, VT
308 WWUS81 KBTV 191425 SPSBTV Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Burlington VT 1025 AM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024 NYZ034-035-VTZ005-009-017-018-191515- Western Essex NY-Eastern Essex NY-Eastern Chittenden VT- Western Chittenden VT-Western Addison VT-Eastern Addison VT- 1025 AM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN ESSEX... NORTHWESTERN ADDISON AND SOUTHWESTERN CHITTENDEN COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 AM EDT... At 1025 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Westport, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea 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... Essex Junction, Middlebury, South Burlington, Burlington International Airport, Burlington, Vergennes, Essex, Moriah, Willsboro, Westport, Elizabethtown, Weybridge, Winooski, Monkton Ridge, Monkton, Monkton Boro, Essex Junction Village, Williston, New Haven, and Port Henry. This includes the following highways... Interstate 87 between mile markers 109 and 131. Interstate 89 between mile markers 82 and 92. 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 4405 7359 4435 7364 4455 7309 4397 7298 TIME...MOT...LOC 1425Z 258DEG 19KT 4423 7341 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ Chai