Vermont, 2002

Damaging Wind in Vermont, September 11, 2002

September 11, 2002 · NWS BTV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A cold front moved across Vermont which resulted in widespread rainfall on September 11th. In Chittenden county, a morning thunderstorm resulted in pea size hail, wind gust to 46 mph and locally heavy rainfall in the town of Jericho.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 across Vermont which resulted in widespread rainfall on September 11th. In Chittenden county, a morning thunderstorm resulted in pea size hail, wind gust to 46 mph and locally heavy rainfall in the town of Jericho.

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 Sep 11, 8:54 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 8:54 AM EST, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
954 AM EDT WED SEP 11 2002

FNT A LTL SLOWER THAN PREV THOUGHT AND IS NOW MVG THRU S/E VT.  STG
NW GRAD WNDS HAV DVLPD FM CHMPLN VLY WWD AND THESE WNDS WL TRANSLATE
EWD ACRS REST OF FA THRU TDA.  STG CAA WL PROMOTE XCLNT MIXG SO
UPPED WNDS TO WNDY CATEGORY FOR VT ZNS WHERE CAA STGST.

H5 S/WV WL TRACK MSTLY S OF FA TDA WITH UL TROF AXIS RCHG CT VLY
ARND 21Z.  IR LOOP SHWS DEFORMATION BAMD SETTING UP FM ST LAW VLY
NWD AND LTST RUC AND 06Z ETA SHW THIS BAND SWEEPING EWD ACRS N ZNS
THRUT TDA SO UPPED POPS TO LKLY N ZNS AND KEPT CHC S VT WHICH SHD
BE MAINLY S OF THIS BAND.

TMPS STEADY/FALLING IN 50S MCH OF FA BUT WL INDCT SOME RECVRY ST LAW
VLY AS STGST CAA MVS E OF THIS AREA AND SOME SUN PSBL LATE.

ZONES GONE.

.BTV...NONE.

KJC

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Chittenden

When
September 11, 9:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Chittenden County, Jericho
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

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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: 5320686.