SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 227 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN VERMONT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL VERMONT

ADDISON               ORANGE                WASHINGTON

IN NORTHEAST VERMONT

CALEDONIA             ESSEX                 ORLEANS

IN NORTHWEST VERMONT

CHITTENDEN            FRANKLIN              GRAND ISLE
LAMOILLE

IN SOUTHERN VERMONT

RUTLAND               WINDSOR

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBURG, BRADFORD, BURLINGTON,
ISLAND POND, JOHNSON, MIDDLEBURY, MONTPELIER, NEWPORT, RANDOLPH,
RUTLAND, SOUTH HERO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. ALBANS, ST. JOHNSBURY,
STOWE, VERGENNES, AND WHITE RIVER JUNCTION.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...

At 709 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Berkshire,
moving north at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.

Locations impacted include...
Enosburg Falls, Berkshire, Enosburg Falls Village, Enosburg,
Richford, Sheldon, Enosburg Center, East Berkshire and North
Enosburg.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH