Hail, Rutland
- When
- July 13, 3:41 PM EST
- Where
- Rutland County, 0.69 mi S of West Rutland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.590, -73.050
Quarter size hail reported.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 13, 2011
An upper atmospheric disturbance moved across New York and Vermont during the afternoon of July 13th. Scattered thunderstorms developed and moved across Vermont but only one isolated thunderstorm brought large hail and damaging winds to the Rutland-Wallingford area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 4
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.
An upper atmospheric disturbance moved across New York and Vermont during the afternoon of July 13th. Scattered thunderstorms developed and moved across Vermont but only one isolated thunderstorm brought large hail and damaging winds to the Rutland-Wallingford area.
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 13, 2:59 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:59 PM EST, 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 359 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE COMING TO AN END SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TONIGHT AND BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY RETURN TO SEASONAL NORMALS WITH NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... AS OF 359 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...WELL DEFINED SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEW YORK FROM SOUTHWEST QUEBEC PROVINCE THIS AFTERNOON. AREAL COVERAGE IS FAIRLY WIDESPREAD AS A RESULT OF THE INCREASED DYNAMIC SUPPORT AND STEEPENING MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. WE HAVE HAD REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH BACK ACROSS SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY NEW YORK...BUT NEW CELLS MOVING ACROSS THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THREAT OF CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND ONCE SHORTWAVE MOVES SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL COME TO AN END. SKIES WILL EVENTUALLY CLEAR LATER TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 359 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD AND ALLOW HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH MORE SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS. THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE THE COOLEST NIGHT OF THE WEEK. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 359 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY FOR DRY WEATHER AND A SLOW WARMING TREND. UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST OVER THE WEEKEND AND THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN HEAT AND HUMIDITY OVER THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. FLOW ALOFT WILL BE WEST AND NORTHWEST AND THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR STORMS TO MOVE UP AND OVER THE RIDGE...WHICH WOULD THEN IMPACT THE AREA WITH CONVECTION. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH ABOUT 00Z. EXPECT WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE ARE THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD... ESPECIALLY AFTER 01Z AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. OUTLOOK 18Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY WHICH COULD RESULT IN MVFR CONDITIONS. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...EVENSON NEAR TERM...EVENSON SHORT TERM...EVENSON LONG TERM...EVENSON AVIATION...EVENSON
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 1:27 AM EST, 14 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 227 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-140630- 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- 227 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY BETWEEN 3 AND 7 PM TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE A BIT MORE CONCENTRATED ACROSS THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY INTO THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS MID TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BANACOS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:47 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
147 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
NYZ026-027-029-030-087-131845-
NORTHERN FRANKLIN NY-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY-
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-
147 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN
AND ST. LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
AT 136 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
HOPKINTON TO 5 MILES NORTH OF THERESA IN SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY NEW
YORK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
ST. REGIS FALLS...SOUTH COLTON...AZURE MOUNTAIN...SANTA CLARA...
MADAWASKA...FINE...STAR LAKE...CRANBERRY LAKE...WANAKENA...TUPPER
LAKE...HORSESHOE LAKE...
GET TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. STAY IN SAFE SHELTER AT
LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER YOU HEAR THE LAST CLAP OF THUNDER.
LAT...LON 4445 7581 4479 7520 4471 7430 4411 7437
4404 7506 4440 7585
MUCCILLISpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 1:09 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
209 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
VTZ011-019-131915-
EASTERN RUTLAND VT-WESTERN RUTLAND VT-
209 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN RUTLAND COUNTY...
AT 206 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR FAIR HAVEN IN
RUTLAND COUNTY VERMONT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
HYDEVILLE...CASTLETON...EAST POULTNEY...POULTNEY...LAKE ST. CATHERINE
STATE...SOUTH POULTNEY...MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS...IRA...CHIPPENHOOK...
NORTH PAWLET...TINMOUTH...WALLINGFORD...
GET TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. STAY IN SAFE SHELTER AT
LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER YOU HEAR THE LAST CLAP OF THUNDER.
LAT...LON 4334 7327 4356 7326 4358 7330 4360 7330
4362 7332 4362 7336 4358 7337 4357 7341
4361 7343 4367 7342 4375 7325 4345 7293
4331 7325
MUCCILLISpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 1:42 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 242 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 NYZ028-031-035-VTZ001-005-131945- EASTERN CLINTON NY-EASTERN ESSEX NY-GRAND ISLE VT- WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-WESTERN CLINTON NY- 242 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...A HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST NEW YORK AND NORTHWEST VERMONT... AT 230 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS WAS NEAR PERU AND EXIT 35 ON INTERSTATE 87 IN CLINTON COUNTY NEW YORK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LOCALIZED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... VALCOUR...VALCOUR ISLAND...EXIT 34 I87...AUSABLE CHASM... KEESEVILLE...JACKSON POINT...PORT KENT...PROVIDENCE ISLAND...STAVE ISLAND...SCHUYLER ISLAND...COLCHESTER REEF... GET TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HIGHER WAVES AND SUDDEN WIND SHIFTS MAY OVERTURN SMALL BOATS. LAT...LON 4460 7324 4443 7339 4455 7366 4470 7353 MUCCILLI
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
320 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
NYZ028-034-035-VTZ001-002-005-009-017-018-132015-
EASTERN ADDISON VT-EASTERN CHITTENDEN VT-EASTERN CLINTON NY-
EASTERN ESSEX NY-GRAND ISLE VT-WESTERN ADDISON VT-
WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-WESTERN ESSEX NY-WESTERN FRANKLIN VT-
320 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY
OF NEW YORK AND VERMONT...
AT 312 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
ALBURGH VERMONT TO ELIZABETHTOWN NEW YORK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THERE
MAY BE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
EAST ALBURGH...WEST SWANTON...HOG ISLAND POINT...POTASH POINT...
MCNEIL COVE...HILL POINT...BURLINGTON...ST. ALBANS...SHELBURNE
FALLS...NORTH FAIRFAX...WEST CORNWALL...EAST MONKTON...SHOREHAM
CENTER...
GET TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
BOATERS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STRONG WINDS WILL
CAUSE HIGHER WAVES AND SUDDEN WIND SHIFTS MAY OVERTURN SMALL BOATS.
LAT...LON 4452 7285 4379 7328 4418 7364 4502 7340
4502 7324
MUCCILLILocal storm report, Jul 13, 3:01 PM EST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
401 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0333 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 ESE PERU 44.56N 73.45W
07/13/2011 CLINTON NY COCORAHS
SMALL STREAM 1 MILE NORTH OF PERU OVERFLOWING
&&
EVENT NUMBER BTV1100396
LOCONTOSpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 3:18 PM EST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
418 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
NYZ035-VTZ002-003-005>012-016>019-132115-
CALEDONIA VT-EASTERN ADDISON VT-EASTERN CHITTENDEN VT-
EASTERN ESSEX NY-EASTERN FRANKLIN VT-EASTERN RUTLAND VT-LAMOILLE VT-
ORANGE VT-ORLEANS VT-WASHINGTON VT-WESTERN ADDISON VT-
WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-WESTERN FRANKLIN VT-WESTERN RUTLAND VT-
WINDSOR VT-
418 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2011
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL
VERMONT...
AT 415 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
CLOVERDALE VERMONT TO WHITEHALL NEW YORK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THERE
MAY BE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
SOUTH CAMBRIDGE...CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION...BUELS GORE...LINCOLN...
JOHNSON...NORTH DUXBURY...EAST JOHNSON...EAST POULTNEY...HYDE PARK...
ALPINE VILLAGE...PROCTOR...AND HOLDEN.
GET TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 4347 7325 4356 7326 4358 7330 4362 7332
4362 7337 4356 7339 4358 7343 4364 7343
4376 7336 4379 7336 4380 7341 4469 7296
4464 7233 4345 7295
EVENSONThe radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:41 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rutland
- When
- July 13, 3:47 PM EST
- Where
- Rutland County, 0.69 mi S of Rutland
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.610, -72.980
Nickel size hail reported.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutland
- When
- July 13, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Rutland County, Wallingford
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.480, -72.980
Several large branches/limbs downed by thunderstorm winds.
Hail, Windsor
- When
- July 13, 4:42 PM EST
- Where
- Windsor County, Sharon
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Post Office
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -72.450
Nickel size hail reported.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 13, 2011
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 13, 2011
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- Wildfire in Texas, July 13 to 15, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 13, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 13, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Alabama, July 13 to 15, 2011
More
Every storm in Vermont in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, July 2011
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: 319756, 319757, 319759, 319758.