Thunderstorm Wind — Franklin, Vermont

2021-10-16 · near St Albans, Franklin, Vermont

Event narrative

Several trees downed and on power lines on Fairfield road.

Wider weather episode

A strong cold front moved across VT during the late afternoon and evening hours of October 16th. Preceding the cold front a line of strong showers with some embedded thunderstorms moved into a very strongly sheared environment with southerly winds in excess of 60 mph around 5000 feet. A few of these stronger showers and thunderstorms tapped into those low-level winds and caused some isolated wind damage, mainly in the form of small, softwood trees begin toppled over by the wind.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 980507. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.