A mid-atmospheric disturbance moved across northern New York and the northern Champlain Valley of Vermont during the afternoon of July 26th. Scattered thunderstorms developed in the Adirondacks and moved across the northern Champlain Valley of Vermont.
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A mid-atmospheric disturbance moved across northern New York and the northern Champlain Valley of Vermont during the afternoon of July 26th. Scattered thunderstorms developed in the Adirondacks and moved across the northern Champlain Valley of Vermont. There were some isolated reports of wind damage in Grand Isle, Chittenden and Franklin counties in Vermont.
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 26, 2:44 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 344 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SPARK SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SUNDAY WILL BE GENERALLY DRY...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH TUESDAY EXPECTED TO BE DRY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... AS OF 340 PM EDT SATURDAY...THINGS GOING GENERALLY ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE. CLUSTER OF SHWRS/TSTMS TREKKING ACROSS NRN NY AT THIS TIME. SO FAR NOTHING MORE THAN SOME HEAVY RAIN...BUT THERE IS A CORE OF INCREASED INSTABILITY IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY (CAPES RUNNING 1100-1500 J/KG) SO WHEN THEY REACH HERE IN THE 5PM TIMEFRAME THEY COULD BRIEFLY INTENSIFY. WILL STILL MAINTAIN ENHANCED WORDING FOR STRONG TSTMS INTO THE EARLY EVENING...BUT THE THREAT IS MINIMAL. THIS CLUSTER...ALTHOUGH IN A WEAKENING STATE...SHOULD MAKE ITS WAY INTO ERN VT AROUND SUNSET. FOR WRN SECTIONS OF NRN NY...THE STORMS SHOULD BE DIMINISHING SOON...HOWEVER THERE IS ANOTHER LINE FORMING OVER ONTARIO THAT SHOULD MAKE THEIR WAY OVER THE BORDER BY 7PM THIS EVENING. THIS SECOND LINE IS MORE DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TREKKING ACROSS THE ERN GREAT LAKES. ALL IN ALL...PRUDENT TO KEEP DECENT AMOUNT OF POPS IN THE FORECAST. ALTHOUGH MOST PLACES SHOULD CLEAR OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT...SOME RESIDUAL SHOWERS MAY PERSIST ACROSS THE EAST SO KEPT SOME POPS IN. DIDNT ADD ANY FOG IN THE FCST...BUT SOME LOCAL AREAS MAY SEE SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG FORM LATE TONITE (SEE AVIATION SECTION BELOW) WILL BE DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH THE SKIES CLEAR AND THE WINDS DROP OFF. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 340 PM EDT SATURDAY...SUNDAY LOOKING TO BE MAINLY DRY AS THE AREA WILL BE WEDGED BETWEEN SOME PRECIP. CANT TAKE OUT FULL MENTION OF PRECIP...BUT THINK PRIMARY AREAS THAT MAY SEE SHOWERS WILL BE EAST OF THE GREEN MTNS AND IN THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY. REASON FOR THE EAST IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE A RIBBON OF HIGHER INSTABILITY ACROSS THE CT RIVER VALLEY AND POINTS EAST. OUT IN THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY...THEY WILL BE CLOSEST TO THE NEXT APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROF. THAT UPPER TROF WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THIS FRONT AND ITS ASSOCIATED SHWRS/TSTMS WILL ROLL ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. HAVE THUS PAINTED IN THE GRIDS...OR AT LEAST TRIED TO...SUCH A SCENARIO. RIGHT NOW THE INSTABILITY PARAMETERS DONT LOOK IMPRESSIVE ON MONDAY...NEITHER DO THE WIND FIELDS OR PRECIP WATER VALUES. THUS NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE WX OR FLOODING THREAT...JUST LOOKS LIKE A ROUND OF GARDEN VARIETY TSTMS OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 340 PM EDT SATURDAY...AN ACTIVE MID/UPPER LVL PATTERN WL CONT ACRS THE NORTHERN CONUS FOR DAYS 4 THRU 7...WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. OVERALL...TEMPS WL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BLW NORMAL FOR DAYTIME HIGHS AND NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS DURING THE EXTENDED TIME PERIOD. GFS/ECMWF SHOW MEAN 5H TROF REMAINING ANCHORED ACRS CENTRAL/EASTERN CANADA WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED VORTS ROTATING AROUND THE TROF BASED AND IMPACTING OUR FA. THIS ENERGY WL HELP TO ENHANCE SFC LOW PRES ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC STATES ON WEDS...WHICH WL MOVE TWD SNE BY THURS. THIS WL DEEPEN MID/UPPER LVL TROF ACRS OUR CWA AND PRODUCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE EXACT TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF RAINFALL IS VERY HARD TO PIN POINT ATTM...BUT WL MENTION HIGH CHC POPS FOR WEDS INTO THURS. OTHERWISE...WEAK SFC HIGH PRES SHOULD PROVIDE FA WITH A BRIEF DRY PERIOD TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDS...BEFORE TROF DEVELOPMENT. MID/UPPER LVL TROF IS PROGGED TO MOVE SLOWLY NE OF FA BY FRIDAY...WITH SOME DRYING EXPECTED BY LATE NEXT WEEK. PROGGED 85H TEMPS BTWN 12-14C SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE M/U 70S TO NEAR 80 THRU THE TIME PERIOD. && .AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY...SHORT TERM AVIATION FCST CHALLENGE WL BE TIMING OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST TO EAST ACRS OUR TAF SITES THIS AFTN/EVENING...FOLLOWED BY FOG ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT. CRNT RADAR SHOWS FIRST BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS ACRS NORTHERN DACKS ATTM...WITH MUCH STRONGER LINE OF CONVECTION ENTERING THE SLV AND EXTENDING BACK TWD NORTHERN LAKE ONTARIO ATTM. THIS CONVECTION CONTS TO MOVE NE AT 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH LOW LEVEL VELOCITY DATA SUGGESTING OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. LATEST TRENDS SUGGEST STORMS ARE BCMG OUTFLOW DOMINATED AND SOME WEAKENING OF THE REFLECTIVITY CORES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED...BUT AXIS OF INSTABILITY IS LOCATED ACRS THE SLV AND SOME INTENSIFICATION WL BE POSSIBLE. FEEL STRONGEST CONVECTION/WINDS WL STAY SOUTH OF MSS TAF SITE...BUT WL CONT TO MENTION TEMPO BTWN 18-21Z FOR 2SM TSRA WITH CIGS OVC025. THIS CONVECTION...WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE COLD FRNT AND POTENT 5H VORT WL CONT TO TRAVEL FROM WEST TO EAST ACRS OUR TAF SITES THIS AFTN/EVENING. WL MENTION TEMPO BTWN 21-24Z AT PBG/BTV AND AFT 22Z FOR MPV/RUT FOR TSRA WITH VIS BTWN 2-4SM AND CIGS BTWN OVC025-035CB. AFT 04Z EXPECT VLIFR CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AT MPV/SLK ASSOCIATED WITH FOG REDUCING VIS BLW 1/2SM AND CIGS VV001. THIS FOG WL CONTINUE THRU 12Z SUNDAY...BEFORE SLOWLY DISSIPATING BY 14Z SUNDAY. FEEL SOUTHERLY GRADIENT AND CLOUDS WL PREVENT FOG DEVELOPMENT AT PBG/BTV/MSS OVERNIGHT. 18Z SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SFC BOUNDARY IMPACTING TAF SITES THIS AFTN WL SHIFT INTO EASTERN NEW ENGLAND ON SUNDAY AND MAY PROVIDE MPV/RUT WL ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS ON SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WL PREVAILING ACRS OUR TAF SITES ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...WITH SOME VLIFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT SLK/MPV BTWN 07-11Z ON SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. ANOTHER EMBEDDED 5H VORT AND SFC TROF MAY PRODUCE MORE SHOWERS/STORMS LATE WEDS WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NASH NEAR TERM...NASH SHORT TERM...NASH LONG TERM...TABER AVIATION...TABER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1029 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001-002-005-009-017-018-271430- 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-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN ADDISON- EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- 1029 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT AND NORTHWEST VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. VTZ003-004-006>008-010>012-016-019-271430- ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN RUTLAND- 1029 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST VERMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1248 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 NYZ026-029-087-261815- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE- INCLUDING...OGDENSBURG 1248 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY... AT 1245 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF LAKE ONTARIO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CHIPPEWA BAY AREA...BEGINNING AROUND 130 PM. THESE STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND AFFECT AREAS FROM GOUVERNEUR AND STAR LAKE AFTER 200 PM. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AS THE STORMS APPROACHES. NASH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 209 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 NYZ026>031-087-261900- NORTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-EASTERN CLINTON-WESTERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- INCLUDING...MALONE 209 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 AT 205 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY NEW YORK... FROM MOIRA TO 6 MILES EAST OF GOUVERNEUR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK THROUGH 300 PM AND WILL BE NEAR WEST BANGOR AND ST. REGIS FALLS BY 220 PM...NEAR MALONE AND SANTA CLARA BY 230 PM...NEAR DUANE CENTER AND CHASM FALLS BY 240 PM...NEAR DEBAR MOUNTAIN BY 250 PM...AND NEAR BRAINARDSVILLE AND RAINBOW LAKE BY 300 PM. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. SEEK SHELTER AS STORMS APPROACH EVENSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 251 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001-002-005-009-016>018-262100- 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-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN ADDISON- EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...BURLINGTON... MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL... BRISTOL...RIPTON 251 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO IMPACT THE NORTH COUNTRY THROUGH THIS EVENING... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHWEST VERMONT BETWEEN 300 PM AND 600 PM TONIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS BETWEEN 300 PM AND 430 PM AND ACROSS LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY BETWEEN 430 PM AND 600 PM. EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. SEEK SHELTER AND SAFE HARBOR AS THESE STORMS APPROACH EVENSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 339 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 NYZ034-035-VTZ005-008-009-018-262030- WASHINGTON-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-WESTERN ADDISON-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN ESSEX- INCLUDING...MIDDLEBURY AND VERGENNES 339 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 AT 330 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SCHROON LAKE IN ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK...THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN...AND ADDISON COUNTY VERMONT THROUGH 430 PM. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR CROWN POINT CENTER AND CROWN POINT BY 400 PM...NEAR BRIDPORT BY 410 PM...AND NEAR WEYBRIDGE AND NEW HAVEN BY 430 PM. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER AND SAFE HARBOR AS THIS STORM APPROACHES EVENSON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
416 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM TSTM WND DMG SARANAC INN 44.33N 74.28W
07/26/2008 FRANKLIN NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG SARANAC LAKE 44.33N 74.13W
07/26/2008 FRANKLIN NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG BLOOMINGDALE 44.39N 74.09W
07/26/2008 ESSEX NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
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LAHIFFSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 440 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 NYZ034-035-VTZ005-009-018-262145- WESTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-WESTERN ADDISON-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN ESSEX- INCLUDING...VERGENNES AND WILLSBORO 440 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 AT 436 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM KEENE TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINERVA...MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR UNDERWOOD...NORTH HUDSON BY 450 PM...NEAR SCHROON LAKE...LEWIS BY 500 PM...NEAR DEERHEAD...PARADOX BY 510 PM... NEAR WADHAMS...MORIAH BY 520 PM...NEAR WILLSBORO AND D.A.R STATE PARK BY 530 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:49 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and large branches downed by thunderstorm winds near the North Hero Marina.
Damage to sailboat blown off beach near Appletree Point. There were also some reports of a few trees and several branches downed in the North End section of Burlington.
Several trees downed on power lines within St. Albans.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Vermont in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, July 2008
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: 127376, 127377, 127379.