Thunderstorm Wind — Bennington, Vermont

2025-08-13 · near Chiselville, Bennington, Vermont

Event narrative

A local Amateur Radio operator reported a tree and wires down on North Road at Bacon Hollow Road.

Wider weather episode

Hot and humid conditions ahead of an upper level disturbance and surface boundary generated enough instability to drive the development of scattered thunderstorms across southern Vermont on the afternoon of August 13, 2025. One storm in particular reached severe magnitude, inflicting wind damage to trees and wires along North Road at Beacon Hollow Road and Sunderland Hill Road near Arlington.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1290029. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.