Thunderstorm Wind — Franklin, Vermont

2016-09-11 · near Franklin, Franklin, Vermont

Event narrative

Trees downed on powerlines.

Wider weather episode

A cold front moved across New York during the early morning hours and Vermont during the morning hours of September 11th. Preceding this cold front was a rather solid line of showers and thunderstorms that stretched from the Canadian border south to the Massachusetts border that moved across VT in the pre-dawn hours. Scattered severe thunderstorms knocked down numerous trees and caused subsequent power outages. In addition, numerous cloud to ground lightning strikes caused power outages and actually caused a fire that destroyed an historic dairy barn at the Shelburne Farms in Shelburne.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 649563. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.