Sharon, VT Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 490 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN VERMONT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHERN VERMONT

RUTLAND               WINDSOR

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF RUTLAND, SPRINGFIELD,
AND WHITE RIVER JUNCTION.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL WINDSOR COUNTY...

At 311 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ascutney State
Park, moving southeast at 65 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Public.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Woodstock, White River Junction, Chester, Hartland Four Corners,
Cavendish, Ludlow Village, Perkinsville Village, Pomfret, Hartland,
Barnard, Windsor, Woodstock Village, Ludlow, Quechee, Ascutney,
Reading, Baltimore, Springfield, Weathersfield, and Hartford.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 89 between mile markers 1 and 7.
Interstate 91 between mile markers 39 and 65, and between mile
markers 68 and 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

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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TORNADO...POSSIBLE;
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE;
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN;
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED;
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH