If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
If on or near Lake Champlain, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
At 605 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
D A R State Park, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Westport Village, Middlebury, Port Henry, Vergennes, Weybridge,
Waltham, Bristol, New Haven, Panton, Addison, D A R State Park,
Ripton, Moriah, Bridport, Westport, Cornwall, Lincoln, Ferrisburgh,
Crown Point, and Starksboro.