Expires:202406232045;Remove:202406232045;803735 WWUS81 KBTV 231940 SPSBTV Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Burlington VT 340 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024 NYZ028-034-035-VTZ001>003-005>009-016>018-232045- Western Essex NY-Eastern Clinton NY-Eastern Essex NY- Western Franklin VT-Grand Isle VT-Washington VT-Western Addison VT- Lamoille VT-Caledonia VT-Eastern Chittenden VT-Western Chittenden VT- Eastern Franklin VT-Orleans VT-Eastern Addison VT- 340 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON... NORTHEASTERN ESSEX...LAMOILLE...NORTHWESTERN CALEDONIA...SOUTHERN ORLEANS...NORTHERN ADDISON...SOUTHERN GRAND ISLE...CHITTENDEN... WESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT... At 339 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Cambridge Village to near Westport. Movement was east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Essex Junction, Burlington International Airport, South Burlington, Burlington, Vergennes, Montpelier, Willsboro, Morrisville, Westport, Elizabethtown, Cambridge, Glover, Waterbury Village, Albany, Westford, Colchester, Essex Junction Village, Worcester, Middlesex, and Georgia. This includes the following highways... Interstate 87 between mile markers 109 and 140. Interstate 89 between mile markers 54 and 114. Interstate 91 between mile markers 153 and 161. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. 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. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for northern New York...and central, northeastern and northwestern Vermont. && LAT...LON 4481 7203 4403 7285 4415 7384 4480 7325 TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 270DEG 33KT 4466 7294 4414 7344 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ Kremer