Power Outage in Island Pond, VT

A heavy, wet snow fell across the county with a general 10 to 20 inches of snow, the higher totals across the higher terrain. This led to some tree damage and scattered power outages. Some specific snowfall totals included; 20 inches in Island Pond, 12 inches in Maidstone and Lunenburg.

Based on tree damage at several locations, especially the higher terrain likely experienced wind gusts in the 45-55 mph were estimated. Numerous branches, trees downed by winds as well as power outages.

Shadowing impacts from NH White Mountains led to lower snowfall totals of 3 to 6 inches. Brief strong and gusty east winds near 50 mph led to some scattered power outages.

Wind gusts in excess of 40 mph led to isolated power outages.

Rain changed to snow by late afternoon with snowfall amounts ranging from 2 to 4 inches in the valley with 4 to 7 inches in higher elevations. These higher amounts led to isolated power outages due to the wet nature of the snow.

A brief period of gusty winds associated with the approach and passage of weakening Tropical Storm Isaias brought measured and estimated wind gusts of 40 to 45 mph that caused some isolated to scattered tree damage that resulted in scattered power outages.

A period of heavy snow with 2-3 inches per hour rates moved through during the evening hours with storm total snowfall of 7-10 inches. This led to some minor, isolated power outages.

Strong winds with wind gusts in excess of 50 mph at times caused numerous downed tree limbs and subsequent power outages.

Strong west-southwest winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph occurred behind a strong storm system in Canada. Power outages across the county were a few hundred.

Light rain changed to a pasty, heavy wet snow that resulted in downed tree limbs and power outages across VT. In Essex county, snow accumulated 6 to 12 inches.

A wet 4 to 8 inches fell across Essex county causing the typical travel issues associated with winter driving but also lead to some downed tree limbs and power outages.

Scattered tree damage and power outages with measured wind gusts in the 40-45 mph range.

Trees and power lines down by thunderstorm winds.

Trees and power lines down by thunderstorm winds.

Trees and power lines down by thunderstorm winds.

Several wind gusts estimated to be 45-55 mph occurred sporadically across the higher elevations. This resulted in several hundred customers without power.

Estimated and measured wind gusts of 35 to 40 mph impacted the region with isolated tree limbs and powerlines downed by these winds.

Scattered reports of tree limbs, tree branches down and power outages across the region.

East-northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with infrequent gusts of 40 to 50 mph caused some isolated small trees, branches and limbs to be knocked down. Isolated power outages occurred as well.

Strong south to southwest winds with frequent gusts in excess of 40 mph and a few gusts to 50 mph knocked down some tree limbs and caused some scattered power outages.

US Route 2 closed from Concord to NH border due to numerous trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.

Several reports of trees down and scattered power outages along elevated hillsides within the county.

A MCS (Mesoscale Convective System) developed in an extremely warm, humid and unstable airmass across southern Quebec, during the late evening of the 1st, and moved southeast into New Hampshire and Maine by midnight. However, the western edge clipped extreme northern Vermont with severe thunderstorms. A severe thunderstorm moved into Beechers Falls and knocked down numerous trees and caused power outages.

A mid-level atmospheric disturbance and surface cold front moved across a moderately unstable airmass during the early afternoon of the 20th. This led to the development of scattered thunderstorms across northern Vermont. One of these storms produced locally strong winds several minutes ahead of the precipitation, that toppled trees and caused power outages in Concord.

A cold front and mid-level atmospheric disturbance encountered a warm and unstable airmass across Vermont during the afternoon of the 31st and resulted in the development of thunderstorms. These thunderstorms intensified across north central and northeast Vermont, with scattered severe thunderstorms producing wind damage in Essex county. A few trees were blown down in Brighton State Park (2 SE Island Pond) and numerous trees were knocked down or snapped in the village of Canaan. Slightly over 5000 customers lost power in northern Caledonia and Essex counties.

A cold front extended from western Quebec south to Ohio early on the 19th of July. As the front moved east across Vermont during the afternoon, thunderstorm winds blew down a tree on a power line in Guildhall, VT with power outage.

A low pressure system moved across southern Quebec during Wednesday, June 9th. The associated trailing cold front tracked slowly across northern New York and Vermont during the morning and afternoon hours. This front was preceded and accompanied by thunderstorms with damaging winds. In the town of East Haven (Essex county), trees and power lines were blown down.

A storm system tracked through the eastern Great Lakes region and into Canada on Monday, December 18, 2000. Gusty winds accompanied this system. Trees and power lines were blown down in portions of Essex county of Vermont. Specifically, trees were blown down from Norton to Canaan.

A storm system moved down the St Lawrence Valley of New York on Tuesday, December 12, 2000 and continued on into Canada. Strong winds were associated with this system. In East Haven, power lines were blown down.