Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northern NY and VT
If you are in immediate danger, call emergency services now.
For real-time, official alerts and instructions for your exact location, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) as applicable. This article is a data summary, not a substitute for the issuing agency's live warning.
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
NWS Burlington issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for eastern Clinton and northeastern Essex counties in New York and parts of Chittenden and Grand Isle counties in Vermont until 4:30 PM EDT.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- Northern New York and Northwestern Vermont
- Issued
- August 6, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Burlington VT
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: publication date is recent, but current status is not stored on this page. Check the issuing agency's live warning service before acting because warnings can be updated, narrowed, or cancelled.
Alert Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued by NWS Burlington VT. Effective from August 6 at 3:39 PM EDT until August 6 at 4:30 PM EDT. Alert type code: SVR.
Affected Areas
Eastern Clinton County and northeastern Essex County in northern New York; southern Grand Isle County and west central Chittenden County in northwestern Vermont. Locations impacted include Essex Junction, South Burlington, Burlington International Airport, Burlington, Winooski, Essex, Colchester, Essex Junction Village, Williston, Chesterfield, Richmond, AuSable, Willsboro, Peru, North Williston, Appletree Point, Sunset Island, Red Rock Point, Coates Island, and Law Island.
What You Should Do
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Boaters on Lake Champlain should seek safe harbor now.
Expected Conditions
At 3:39 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ferris Rock moving east at 20 mph. Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail (1.00 inch). Minor hail damage to vehicles possible; wind damage to trees and powerlines expected.
Timeline
Alert in effect from 3:39 PM EDT to 4:30 PM EDT on August 6, 2026.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.