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21 Aug

National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook

Posted August 21, 2011 by Julia Carlisle in Vermont.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1053 AM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK…CENTRAL
VERMONT…NORTHEAST VERMONT…NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN
VERMONT.

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS VERMONT AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEW YORK. THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND AS
A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST…THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP. ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS…LARGE HAIL…VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS…AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER EXISTS OVER VERMONT AND NORTHEAST NEW YORK…THE GREATEST
AREA OF CONCERN DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN VERMONT.