Hail in Vermont, July 18, 2006

Name: Hail in Vermont, July 18, 2006
Start: 2006-07-18T15:25
End: 2006-07-18T15:25
Location: Vermont

July 18, 2006 · NWS BTV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A strong mid-level atmospheric disturbance moved into a marginally unstable airmass across Vermont during the mid to late afternoon on the 18th, which resulted in scattered thunderstorms. A severe thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Hartland.

Where it happened

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Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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.

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 Jul 18, 2:29 PM EST, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:29 PM EST, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 9:38 AM EST, 5 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1038 AM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-191445-
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-
CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-
WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
1038 AM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW
YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT
AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY ACCOMPANIED BY
SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH STRONG AND
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. AT THIS
TIME...IT APPEARS THE HIGHEST THREAT OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER WOULD
OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF BURLINGTON...OR FROM A TICONDEROGA TO
MIDDLEBURY...TO MONTPELIER AND ST. JOHNSBURY LINE SOUTHWARD. AS
THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...SKIES
SHOULD BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY WITH LOWERING HUMIDITY VALUES UNDER
LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY...AND AGAIN ON NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

JMG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 12:21 PM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
121 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006

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

1240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BARNET                  44.30N 72.05W
07/18/2006                   CALEDONIA          VT   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE AT JUNCTION OF ROUTE 5 AND W. BARNET
            ROAD. COUNTY SHERIFF CAR PUSHED 40 FEET. NUMEROUS TREES
            AND POWER LINES DOWN. LARGE HAIL DAMAGED WINDSHIELDS.
            POSSIBLE TORNADO.

1245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BARNET                  44.30N 72.05W
07/18/2006                   CALEDONIA          VT   UTILITY COMPANY

            GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON POWER
            LINES FROM BARNET TO RYEGATE TO PEACHAM. MAJORITY OF AREA
            IS WITHOUT POWER.

&&

LAHIFF

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 12:45 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
145 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006

VTZ008>010-018-181815-
WASHINGTON-ORANGE-EASTERN ADDISON-WESTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING...MONTPELIER
145 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006

AT 140 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER NEW HAVEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR WAITSFIELD...WARREN BY 200 PM...NEAR
ROXBURY BY 210 PM AND NEAR NORTHFIELD BY 220 PM.

SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER MAY ACCOMPANY THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT.

HANSON

Local storm report, Jul 18, 1:02 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
202 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006

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

1240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BARNET                  44.30N 72.05W
07/18/2006                   CALEDONIA          VT   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE AT JUNCTION OF ROUTE 5 AND W. BARNET
            ROAD. COUNTY SHERIFF CAR PUSHED 40 FEET. NUMEROUS TREES
            AND POWER LINES DOWN. LARGE HAIL DAMAGED WINDSHIELDS.
            POSSIBLE TORNADO.

1245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BARNET                  44.30N 72.05W
07/18/2006                   CALEDONIA          VT   UTILITY COMPANY

            GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON POWER
            LINES FROM BARNET TO RYEGATE TO PEACHAM. MAJORITY OF AREA
            IS WITHOUT POWER.

0202 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BARNET                  44.30N 72.05W
07/18/2006                   CALEDONIA          VT   EMERGENCY MNGR

            12 INJURIES REPORTED IN BARNET.

&&

LAHIFF

Local storm report, Jul 18, 3:03 PM EST, 22 minutes before

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The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:23 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Windsor

When: July 18, 3:25 PM EST
Where: Windsor County, Hartland
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.550, -72.400

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Vermont in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Vermont, July 2006

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: 5526950.