Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 23, 6:12 PM EST to 6:14 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, St Albans
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.817, -73.083
Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 23, 2002
A cold front moved southeast from Canada, and triggered thunderstorms during the evening hours. A few storms reached severe criteria.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 from Canada, and triggered thunderstorms during the evening hours. A few storms reached severe criteria. Thunderstorms blew down trees in the Vermont localities of St Albans and Fairfax.
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 Jun 23, 3:49 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 3:49 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
449 PM EDT SUN JUN 23 2002
RADAR LOOP SHOWING A STRONG LINE OF TSTMS ACROSS THE OTTAWA VLY
ATTM. AREA UNDER SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EDT. WILL GO WITH
LIKELY POPS TONIGHT. SHOWERS/TSTMS SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT IN THE
NORTHERN ZONES...AND BY EARLY MORNING ACROSS SRN VT. HIGH PRES TO
BUILD INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY FOR FAIR AND DRY WX THROUGH MOST OF
TUESDAY. WARM FRONT TO WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE TUES NIGHT...SO
HAVE PUT IN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. MODELS SHOW
UPPER SHRTWV TO DIG SEWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TUES NIGHT AND WED.
WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS WED AND THU.
EXTENDED...WILL REMOVE MENTION OF PRECIP ON FRIDAY AND MOST OF
SATURDAY AND WILL GO WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
.BTV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT
VTZ001>012 NYZ026>031-034-035.
WGHIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:33 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
NYZ026>031-034-035-VTZ001>012-240300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 430 PM EDT SUN JUNE 23 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE...SAINT LAWRENCE...FRANKLIN... CLINTON...AND ESSEX COUNTIES. IN VERMONT...GRAND ISLE...FRANKLIN... ORLEANS...CALEDONIA...ESSEX...LAMOILLE...CHITTENDEN...WASHINGTON... ADDISON...ORANGE...WINDSOR...AND RUTLAND COUNTIES. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. ST JEAN/NWSFO BURLINGTON VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:11 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 23, 6:23 PM EST to 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Fairfax
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.667, -73.017
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
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, June 23, 2002
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 23 to 24, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maine, June 23 to 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 23 to 24, 2002
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 23, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, June 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 23, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in St. Lawrence River, June 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 23, 2002
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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: 5304838, 5304839.