Thunderstorm Wind, Rutland
- When
- July 23, 11:35 AM EST
- Where
- Rutland County, Chittenden
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 43.717, -72.950
Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 23, 2002
A cold front moved southeast across Vermont and triggered late morning and afternoon thunderstorms. A thunderstorm in Rutland county resulted in downed trees and power lines.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A cold front moved southeast across Vermont and triggered late morning and afternoon thunderstorms. A thunderstorm in Rutland county resulted in downed trees and power lines.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 23, 11:12 AM EST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 11:12 AM EST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1212 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2002 ZONES UPDATED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. NO OTHER UPDATES TO PREVIOUS PACKAGE. ST. JEAN .BTV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VTZ011-012 UNTIL 2300 UTC.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:00 AM EST, 35 minutes before
VTZ011-012-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1200 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2002 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT UNTIL 600 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING...FOR AN AREA WHICH INCLUDES RUTLAND AND WINDSOR COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH VERMONT THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION BY EARLY EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO... OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UPDATED FORECASTS.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:00 AM EST, 35 minutes before
VTZ011-012-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1200 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2002 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT UNTIL 700 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING...FOR AN AREA WHICH INCLUDES RUTLAND AND WINDSOR COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH VERMONT THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION BY EARLY EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO... OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UPDATED FORECASTS.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:36 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, July 23, 2002
- Rip Current in North Carolina, July 23, 2002
- Heat in California, July 23, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 23, 2002
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Maine, July 23, 2002
- Flash Flood in Alaska, July 23, 2002
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 23, 2002
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 23, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 23, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 23, 2002
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5311373.