Expires:202405212300;Remove:202405212300;622722 WWUS81 KBTV 212158 SPSBTV Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Burlington VT 558 PM EDT Tue May 21 2024 NYZ028-031-034-035-VTZ001-002-005-006-016-017-212300- Eastern Clinton NY-Western Essex NY-Western Clinton NY- Eastern Essex NY-Western Franklin VT-Grand Isle VT- Eastern Chittenden VT-Western Chittenden VT-Eastern Franklin VT- Lamoille VT- 558 PM EDT Tue May 21 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON... NORTHEASTERN ESSEX...WESTERN LAMOILLE...SOUTHERN GRAND ISLE...CENTRAL CHITTENDEN AND SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT... At 558 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Port Kent, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Essex Junction, South Burlington, Burlington International Airport, Burlington, Peru, Schuyler Falls, Winooski, Westford, Colchester, Essex Junction Village, Williston, Keeseville, Milton, Cambridge Village, South Hero, Bolton, Port Kent, Richmond, Underhill, and Jericho. This includes the following highways... Interstate 87 between mile markers 136 and 149. Interstate 89 between mile markers 71 and 105. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. If on or near Lake Champlain, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. && LAT...LON 4446 7356 4464 7356 4471 7288 4437 7287 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 274DEG 24KT 4455 7346 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$