High Wind — Grand Isle, Vermont

2024-08-09 · Grand Isle, Vermont

Event narrative

Estimated wind gusts and or local mesonet observations in excess of 50-55 mph across fully leaved trees resulted in numerous reports of downed branches and trees on utility lines, structures and property (Vehicles). One large tree fell on a home in Alburgh that destroyed the home and initially trapped 3 people with one remaining trapped for several hours.

Wider weather episode

The remnants of Hurricane Debby moved across western and northern NY during the afternoon and eventually across northwest VT during the early evening hours of August 9th. The heaviest rainfall associated with this storm was across northern NY with more than 6 inches of rain. In VT, 1 to 3 inches occurred with the higher amounts across northern sections.

The main impacts for VT were largely across the central and northern Champlain Valleys east to the western slopes of the Green Mountains where south-southeast winds gusted to around 60 mph in some locations with full-leaved trees accounting for numerous tree damage that fell onto utility lines and created more than 50,000 outages.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1205113. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.