Strong Winds Causing Damage Across The Northern Champlain Valley; JRWeather High Wind Warning & Wind Advisory In Effect Until 7PM Tonight; JRWeather Flood Watch In Effect Until 1AM Thursday Morning...
JRWeather HIGH WIND WARNING
JRWeather has issued a High Wind Warning For Grand Isle, and Western Franklin Counties In Vermont, and Eastern Clinton County in New York, Until 7PM Tonight.
Between 10AM and 11AM, several reports of trees and power lines down have been reported across the Northern Champlain Valley. One of these reports were in Swanton, Vermont where a roof was partial blown off a business, from an estimated wind gust of 55MPH.
A low pressure system, and its associated cold front, moving east towards our region was resulting in strong, and damaging winds in the Northern Champlain Valley of Vermont, and New York. Strong to damaging winds will continue to range from 25-40MPH with isolated gusts up to 60MPH, especially across the Northern Champlain Valley, where winds are being Channeled. Winds of this magnitude are strong enough to cause trees and large limbs to fall resulting in the potential for power outages. In damaging wind events like this it is recommended to stay inside.
Strong and damaging winds should diminish by 7PM tonight, thus ending the high wind threat. A High Wind Warning is issued when sustained winds of 40MPH or greater and/or gusts to 55MPH or greater are imminent or occuring. Stay tuned for further updates.
JRWeather WIND ADVISORY
JRWeather Has Issued A Wind Advisory For Orleans, Chittenden, Lamoille, Addison, Washington, Rutland, Bennington, and Eastern Franklin Counties in Vermont and St. Lawrence, Franklin, Essex, and Western Clinton County In New York, Until 7PM Tonight.
A low pressure system moving through the great lakes region, and its associated cold front, will be responsible for bringing strong winds to the region today. Winds will continue to increase from the South-Southwest during the late morning, and early afternoon hours. Sustained winds will be in the 20-30MPH range with gusts up to 50MPH, throughout the day. Winds will shift to the Northwest later in the day, and continue to gust up to 50MPH into the late evening.
A Wind Advisory is issued when sustained winds of 30-39MPH or gusts up to 54MPH are expected. It is recommended to secure any loose object that will have the potential to be blown around. Stay tuned for further updates.
JRWeather FLOOD WATCH
JRWeather Continues The Flood Watch For Franklin, Orleans, Essex, Chittenden, Lamoille, Caledonia, Addison, Washington, Orange, Rutland, Windsor, Bennington, and Windham Counties in Vermont, and All of Northern New York Until 1AM Thursday Morning.
Significant Rainfall, and Snowmelt today could result in the potential of Flooding later today into early Thursday morning, before colder air stops runoff. Across Northern Vermont, and Northern New York the potential exists for Ice Jam Flooding, further South non-ice jam related flooding could occur.
Temperatures in the Mid 40'sF to near 50F combined with the potential of a half to three quarters of an inch of rain today, will likely result in rapid rises on area rivers. Across Northern Vermont, where Ice remains in Place on area rivers, the threat will exist for ice jam flooding. Across Central, and Southern Vermont, where heavy rains fell this past weekend, the additional rain may push area rivers, creeks, and streams out of there banks.
The rivers that are at a high risk of Ice Jam flooding right now are the Missisquoi River in Orleans, and Franklin Counties in Vermont. The Lamoille River in Lamoille, and Franklin Counties in Vermont, The Great Chazy river in Clinton County, New York, and the Ausable River, including the East Branch in Essex and Clinton Counties in New York.
The rivers that are at high risk for non-ice jam related flooding, across Central and Southern Vermont include but are not limited to the Otter Creek, in Rutland, and Addison Counties, the Williams River, in Windham County, and The Batten Kill, in Bennington County.
A Flood watch is issued when there is the potential for flooding to occur, but not imminent. If you experience rapidly rising water, or nearby flooding, then move immediatly to higher ground. Stay tuned for further updates.
DISCUSSION
Things are getting rather interesting, especially across the Northern Champlain Valley. Winds are being mixed down to the surface, and are being channeled across the Northern Champlain Valley which has resulted in some structural damage, and numerous trees, and some power lines down. Winds across much of the Wind Advisory region are currently ranging from 15-20MPH with gusts up to 30MPH. Across the Northern Champlain Valley, where the High Wind Warning is in effect, winds are currently in the 20-30MPH range with gusts up to 40MPH. WInds should continue to increase across much of the region, with the Northern Champlain Valley seeing the strongest of the winds. Isolated wind gusts could reach 60MPH across the Northern Champlain Valley. Already, in Swanton a roof was partially blown off a business from an estimated wind gust of 55MPH.
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