Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- June 9, 1:02 PM EST
- Where
- Essex County, East Haven
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 44.667, -71.900
Damaging Wind in Vermont, June 9, 2004
A low pressure system moved across southern Quebec during Wednesday, June 9th. The associated trailing cold front tracked slowly across northern New York and Vermont during the morning and afternoon hours.
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
- $1,000
- 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 low pressure system moved across southern Quebec during Wednesday, June 9th. The associated trailing cold front tracked slowly across northern New York and Vermont during the morning and afternoon hours. This front was preceded and accompanied by thunderstorms with damaging winds. In the town of East Haven (Essex county), trees and power lines were blown down.
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, 9:45 AM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 9:45 AM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1045 AM 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, 10 hours 10 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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:40 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1140 AM EDT WED JUN 9 2004 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-092100- 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- 1140 AM EDT WED JUN 9 2004 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND MUCH OF VERMONT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF CANADA THIS AFTERNOON...AND CROSS THROUGH NORTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT BY THE END OF THE DAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN WARM...UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING THUNDERSTORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INSIDE A REINFORCED BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV. HANSON
Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:44 AM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1244 PM EDT WED JUN 09 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM TSTM WND DMG PERU 44.58N 73.53W
06/09/2004 CLINTON NY TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL 8-10 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN AT EXIT 35 ON I-87.
&&
MBLocal storm report, Jun 9, 12:21 PM EST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
121 PM EDT WED JUN 09 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 PM TSTM WND DMG HINESBURG 44.33N 73.12W
06/09/2004 CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC
SEVERAL 5-12 INCH DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED IN HALF
&&
MBLocal storm report, Jun 9, 12:25 PM EST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
125 PM EDT WED JUN 09 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1255 PM TSTM WND DMG WORCESTER 44.37N 72.55W
06/09/2004 WASHINGTON VT TRAINED SPOTTER
7 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF.
&&
MBThe radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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 and Flash Flooding in Colorado, June 9, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 9, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 9 to 10, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 9 to 10, 2004
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 9, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 9, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 9, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 9, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 9, 2004
- Flood and Hail in Michigan, June 9, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 9, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 9, 2004
More
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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: 5408526.