Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 9, 2004

Name: Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 9, 2004
Start: 2004-06-09T15:34
End: 2004-06-09T15:40
Location: Vermont

June 9, 2004 · NWS BTV · 5 events in 1 county or zone

A low pressure system moved across southern Quebec during Wednesday, June 9th. The associated trailing cold front tracked slowly across Vermont during the afternoon hours.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 low pressure system moved across southern Quebec during Wednesday, June 9th. The associated trailing cold front tracked slowly across Vermont during the afternoon hours. This front was preceded and accompanied by thunderstorms with damaging winds. In Rutland county, power lines were blown down in the towns of Killington, Brandon, Pittsford and Chittenden. In the city of Rutland, trees and power lines were blown down. Numerous power outages were reported across the county. Torrential downpours accompanied the storms.

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 9, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
325 PM EDT WED JUN 9 2004

.SHORT TERM...ACTIVE WEATHER DAY WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN FROM SQUALL LINE THAT
MOVED THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA TODAY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS
FIRING IN THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS.

PRE FRONTAL TROUGH/CONVERGENCE ZONES LIES EAST-WEST ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND THE NORTHERN THIRD OF VT. THE EARLIER LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS RODE ALONG THIS CONVERGENCE ZONE...FEEDING ON
HIGHER CAPES IN THE WARM AIR AND HIGH DEWPOINTS. SECONDARY AREA OF
STORMS HAS FORMED A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH...POSSIBLY ALONG OLD
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUT DOWN BY THE FIRST LINE. EXPECT THESE STRONG
STORMS TO CONTINUE AS LONG AS THE SURFACE HEATING CONTINUES. THEN
COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT...TRIGGERING
ONE LAST ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

WENT WITH LIKELY POPS/TSTMS THIS EVENING...THEN POPS TAPERING TO CHC
AND TSTMS CHANGING TO SHOWER/THUNDERSTORMS BY MORNING. NO CHCS
ANYWHERE THURSDAY MORNING EXCEPT MORNING CHCS IN RUTLAND/WINDSOR
COUNTIES.

AFTER THAT...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN WITH DRY RH FOR THURSDAY THRU
SATURDAY. NOTICEABLY COOLER TEMPS...WITH 850MB TEMPS DOWN TO 6-8C
PRODUCING MAX TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S. COLD AIR ADVECTION PATTERN
HOLDS IN PLACE THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN RETURN FLOW STARTS LATE
SATURDAY AS THE HIGH FINALLY SHIFTS EAST.

SOME COOL TEMPS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT...AND ESPECIALLY FRIDAY
NIGHT WHEN MORE OF A RADIATIONAL SITUATION SETS UP.

&&

.LONG TERM...

SFC HI PRES SE OF NEW ENG SUN MOVS SLOLY E THRU THE PD WITH SLY FLO
BCMG ESTABLISHED ACRS AREA MON INTO TUE.

H/5 RDG SUNDAY MOVS E OF NEW ENG MONDAY. SHORT WAVES MOV NE ACRS
NEW ENG/ SRN CANADA IN H/5 SW FLO MON AND TUE. THEREAFTER H/5 TROF
BCMS ESTABLISHED ACRS WRN GRTLKS WED AND MOVS SLOLY E. ASOCD CDFNT
NE-SW FM ERN QUE TO THE LWR GRTLKS RGN TUE MOVS SLOLY ACRS AREA TUE
NGT AND ERLY WED.

WL INDC DRY WX SUN BCMG CLDY LATE SUNDAY WITH CHC SHWRS. THEN CHC
SHWRS/TSTMS MON AFTN THRU LATE TUE NGT...FOLLOWED BY DRY WX WED WITH
FAIR AMT OF CLDS.

.BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 413 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT
VTZ001>012-016>019
NY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 413 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT
NYZ026>031-034-035-087
&&

HANSON/HOGAN

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 2:52 AM EST, 12 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
352 AM EDT WED JUN 9 2004

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-100800-
CALEDONIA-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN CLINTON-
EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN RUTLAND-ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-
LAMOILLE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-ORANGE-ORLEANS-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-
WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-
352 AM EDT WED JUN 9 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE NORTH COUNTRY TODAY...INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. THE SUMMER-LIKE AIRMASS OUT AHEAD OF FRONT WILL
PROVIDE THE MEANS FOR THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE
WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY:

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 1:20 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
220 PM EDT WED JUN 09 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WATERVILLE              44.68N 72.76W
06/09/2004                   LAMOILLE           VT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

MB

Local storm report, Jun 9, 1:41 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
241 PM EDT WED JUN 09 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STOWE                   44.47N 72.69W
06/09/2004                   LAMOILLE           VT   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN IN STOWE, ONE FELL ON A PARKED CAR.

&&

MB

Local storm report, Jun 9, 2:18 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
318 PM EDT WED JUN 09 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 PM     TSTM WND GST     ST. JOHNSBURY           44.43N 72.01W
06/09/2004  46 MPH           CALEDONIA          VT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0140 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEWARK                  44.68N 71.95W
06/09/2004                   CALEDONIA          VT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE LIMBS DOWN

&&

MB

Local storm report, Jun 9, 2:41 PM EST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
341 PM EDT WED JUN 09 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1215 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 W MILTON              44.64N 73.11W
06/09/2004                   CHITTENDEN         VT   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREES DOWN. 3 FOOT COTTONWOOD. 3-4 INCH LIMBS

0305 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAKE PLACID             44.28N 73.99W
06/09/2004                   ESSEX              NY   AMATEUR RADIO

            POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

MB

Local storm report, Jun 9, 2:50 PM EST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
350 PM EDT WED JUN 09 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TUPPER LAKE             44.23N 74.47W
06/09/2004                   FRANKLIN           NY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            8-10 INCH TREES DOWN

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 3:07 PM EST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
407 PM EDT WED JUN 09 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0248 PM     HAIL             TUPPER LAKE             44.23N 74.47W
06/09/2004  1.00 INCH        FRANKLIN           NY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            1 INCH DIAMTER HAIL. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

&&

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The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:35 UTC.

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rutland

When: June 9, 3:34 PM EST
Where: Rutland County, Chittenden
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.717, -72.950

Thunderstorm Wind, Rutland

When: June 9, 3:34 PM EST
Where: Rutland County, Rutland
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.617, -72.983

Thunderstorm Wind, Rutland

When: June 9, 3:36 PM EST
Where: Rutland County, Brandon
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.800, -73.083

Thunderstorm Wind, Rutland

When: June 9, 3:36 PM EST
Where: Rutland County, Pittsford
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.700, -73.033

Thunderstorm Wind, Rutland

When: June 9, 3:40 PM EST
Where: Rutland County, Killington
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.667, -72.767

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 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Vermont, June 2004

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: 5408521, 5408522, 5408519, 5408520, 5408518.