Damaging Wind in Vermont, June 26, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Vermont, June 26, 2002
Start: 2002-06-26T15:30
End: 2002-06-26T15:30
Location: Vermont

June 26, 2002 · NWS BTV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A warm front moved northeast across the region, followed by a warm and humid airmass. Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of June 26th, and a few of them reached severe criteria.

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 warm front moved northeast across the region, followed by a warm and humid airmass. Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of June 26th, and a few of them reached severe criteria. Thunderstorms moved across northern Orange county with numerous trees and power lines blown down in Williamstown.

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 26, 12:25 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 12:25 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
125 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002

WARM HUMID AMS WL RMN IN PLC THRU TMRW THEREFORE SHWRS/TSTMS WL RMN
IN FCST. CD FNT WL DROP THRU FA TMRW NGT BUT SEEMS TO WASH OUT A
BIT. PREFRONTAL TROF WL PRBLY CREATE MR CNVCTN TMRW THAN CD FNT TMRW
NGT.

FOLLOWING CD FNT SLIGHTLY COOLER AND MUCH DRIER...CLEANER CANADIAN
AIR WL MV OVR FA. THIS WL SET UP A NEARLY PERFECT BEGINNING TO
WEEKEND. HIGH PRES WL BUILD OFF THE COAST BY BEGINNING OF NXT WEEK
RETURNING HOT HUMID AIR TO FA FOR THE BULK OF NXT WEEK.

.BTV...NONE.

MCGILL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:19 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

NYZ034-035-270100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
219 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS
ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THUS...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED WHICH INCLUDES ESSEX COUNTY NEW
YORK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED.  PLEASE REPORT ANY
STORM DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:52 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

NYZ034-035-VTZ001>012-270100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
252 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF VERMONT AND ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS
ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THUS...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF VERMONT AS WELL AS
ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED.  PLEASE REPORT ANY
STORM DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Orange

When: June 26, 3:30 PM EST
Where: Orange County, Williamstown
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 44.117, -72.533

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

Every storm in Vermont in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Vermont, June 2002

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: 5306481.