Strong winds accompanied this system and were enhanced by the proximity of a strong high pressure system over the Canadian Maritimes. Trees and power lines were blown down across Rutland county, especially noted in Castleton, Brandon and Rutland.
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The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
The remnants of Hurricane Isabel moved across western New York the afternoon of Friday, September 19th and into Canada by evening.Strong winds accompanied this system and were enhanced by the proximity of a strong high pressure system over the Canadian Maritimes. Trees and power lines were blown down across Rutland county, especially noted in Castleton, Brandon and Rutland.
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 19, 8:29 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
929 AM EDT FRI SEP 19 2003
LATEST SATELLITE PICS SHOW WHATS LEFT OF ISABEL CONTINUING TO MOVE
INTO WESTERN NY AREA. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS NICE DRY SLOT WRAPPING
AROUND ISABEL REMNANTS...FEEDING UP INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NY.
VIS SATELLITE SHOWS THIS WELL WITH BROKEN SKY COVER OVER THE AREA.
AREAS RADARS SHOWS MOST PRECIP STAYING WITH MAIN CLOUD REGION TRACK
OF ISABEL. FEEDER BAND MOVING THROUGH NEW ENGLAND BRINGING LIGHT
SCATTERED RAIN OVER NORTHERN CWA...WITH LARGER AREA OF PRECIP
WORKING IN FROM SOUTH. STILL DO NOT THINK RAIN WILL BE MAJOR
TDY/TONIGHT...BUT WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN PROBLEM.
LATEST OBS FROM AROUND REGION SHOW (RUTLAND 13023G31 MPH AND SLK
15017G36 MPH). MAIN CORE OF STRONG WINDS ARE JUST ALOFT SEVERAL
THOUSAND FEET...AND HAVE YET TO MIX DOWN(AS SEEN IN VAD PROFILES OF
KCXX AND KTYX RADARS).
WILL KEEP WIND ADVISORY GOING THRU TONIGHT. AND WILL KEEP MENTION
OF OCCASIONAL RW IN ZONES. WRAP-AROUND TONIGHT AS STORM MOVES NORTH
SHOULD BRING IN SHOWERS TO CWA BEFORE CLEARING OUT SATURDAY. GOING
TEMPS LOOKS FINE AS WELL. THUS NO CHANGES/UPDATES TO FIRST PERIOD
ZONES.
.BTV...WIND ADVISORY TODAY AND TONIGHT NYZ026>031-034-035-087-
VTZ001>012-016>019.
JNNYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-191100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 450 AM EDT FRI SEP 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY TROPICAL STORM ISABEL WILL TRACK ACROSS FAR WESTERN NEW YORK TODAY AND MOVE QUICKLY NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN CANADA BY THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAKENING TROPICAL SYSTEM...AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE CANADIAN MARITIME PROVINCES...WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTH COUNTRY TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT ALL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND OR WIND DAMAGE REPORTS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON. JMG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Vermont in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, September 2003
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: 5371497, 5371498.