Power Outage in Brattleboro, VT

Lightning hit a telephone pole, knocking out the power.

The Brattleboro Fire Department reported tree damage and isolated power outages from Stockwell Drive in West Brattleboro to Kipling Road in Brattleboro. Tree damage was also reported along Black Mountain Road, Upper Dummerston Road, and East Orchard Street.

Numerous trees and power lines were reported down along Putney Road from the Veterans Bridge north to the Brattleboro town line.

Numerous trees and power lines were reported down along Putney Road from the Veterans Bridge north to the Brattleboro town line.

Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms led to flash flooding in the town of Rockingham. The Williams River overflowed its banks, causing flooding at a power plant along the river. About four inches of water was inside the power plant before water receded.

Trees were reported down and across power lines on Putney Road in Brattleboro as a result of thunderstorm winds.

Numerous trees and power lines were downed between Brattleboro and Guilford due to strong thunderstorm winds. Route 5 was partially closed between Brattleboro and Guilford due to numerous downed trees and power lines.||In Brattleboro, some of the streets that had downed trees included Vernon, Thomas, South Main, Acorn, Oak, Spring, and Cotton Mill Hill.

Trees and power lines down. Numerous power outages throughout the county.

The pressure gradient between deep low pressure over Ontario, and high pressure off the southeast coast, produced a strong southerly flow across southern Vermont on the evening of March 9. Then, a strong cold front moved across the region shortly after midnight, early on March 10th. A line of showers and embedded thunderstorms accompanied the front. Strong winds ahead of and along the front produced some damage across Windham County. Law enforement personnel reported a large number of trees and power lines down throughout the county.

A powerful cold front moved across southern Vermont on June 2. This front produced thunderstorms, one of which became severe in Windham county. Several trees were blown down at Guilford Center.

Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of July 28th ahead of a weak frontal boundary. One of these storms produced fairly extensive damage across the town of Westminster, downing numerous trees, some onto houses and cars. The storm cleanup was estimated to cost $80,000, and portions of the town lost power which was not restored until the next day.

A cold front interacted with a warm and humid airmass to produce several clusters of thunderstorms on September 5. One of these storms became severe in southern Vermont with wind damage and large hail reported. Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in the town of Brattleboro.

A cold front tracked east across southern Vermont during the afternoon hours of Monday, June 19th, 2017. With a warm and unstable air mass in place, the frontal passage sparked numerous showers and thunderstorms across the area. Some of these thunderstorm were severe, knocking down trees. In addition, very heavy rainfall fell across Windham County, as repeated rounds of thunderstorms produced up to four inches of rain. This led to flash flooding in Brattleboro, with several roads washed out and mudslides impacting the area. Nearly 2,00 people in Windham County lost power as a result of the thunderstorms.

A moist and unstable air mass ahead of an advancing cold front led to the developing of thunderstorms during the early afternoon hours on Tuesday, June 9th across eastern New York. As the thunderstorms organized into small lines, some of the thunderstorms produced wind damage, mainly to trees and power lines. These thunderstorms reached southern Vermont by the mid afternoon hours and produced a report of wind damage near Halifax.||Thunderstorms ended over the region by the late afternoon, as the cold front crossed the region from west to east.

A warm and humid air mass was in place across southern Vermont on the afternoon of Monday, July 7th. A cluster of showers and thunderstorms moved from upstate New York into southern Vermont during the mid afternoon hours. These thunderstorms had previously weakened, but were still associated with very strong winds aloft. As these thunderstorms interacted with the high terrain of the southern Green Mountains, they produced gusty winds. These winds caused damage to trees and power lines near Readsboro. The thunderstorm continued eastward towards the Connecticut River Valley, but did not produce any additional severe weather before exiting the state to the east.

Ahead of a strong cold front, a southerly flow allowed for a warm and humid air mass to move into the region. Temperatures were quite warm for early October, with temperatures reaching well into the 60s. As a cold front moved across the region during the afternoon hours on October 7th, a line of showers and thunderstorms moved from west to east. Strong winds accompanied these showers and thunderstorms, with widespread reports of trees and power lines downed as a result of the thunderstorm winds. There were about 8,000 power outages throughout the entire state of Vermont as a result of the thunderstorms. With the passage of the cold front late in the afternoon, the winds switched to a westerly direction as cooler air moved into the region, and the severe threat ended as storms moved eastward and away from the area.

During the latter part of the afternoon, on August 1, thunderstorms moved acrosssouthern Vermont. These thunderstorms were triggered by an upper air disturbance moving over a warm, humid and unstable air mass. A couple of thunderstormsproduced severe weather. A thunderstorm over Emerald Lake State Park, west ofRoute 7 near North Dorset, dropped one inch hail and brought down large limbs anda tree. Severe wind gusts in a second thunderstorm blew down trees near a utilitycompany's Winhall power station, in Windham County.

The gradient between a high pressure center in the Ohio Valley, and deep low pressure over eastern Canada, produced a marginally high wind event across high elevations of southern Vermont during the midday hours of May 3. Many trees and power lines were reported blown down across the county. One tree landed on a car and destroyed it in the town of Guilford. Over 1,000 customers were temporarily without power in southern Vermont as a result of the wind.