Power Outage in Randolph, 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; 23 inches in Braintree, 19 inches in Randolph Center, 15 inches in Topsham and 9 inches in Bradford.

Peak observed wind gust in limited observation network was 50 mph but based on tree damage several locations, especially the higher terrain likely experienced wind gusts in excess of 60-65 mph. Numerous branches, trees downed by winds as well as power outages.

A widespread, heavy wet snow fell across Orange county with snowfall totals ranging from 12 to 20 inches. This resulted in numerous power outages that lasted several days. Some specific snowfall totals include; 20 inches Williamstown, Braintree and Randolph, 18 inches in Vershire, 17 inches in Chelsea, and Bradford.

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.

Rain mixed with snow in the early morning hours changed to a heavy wet snow and accumulated 3 to 6 inches in the valley with 6 to 12 inches in elevations above 2000 feet. This led to scattered power outages for those higher elevation communities.

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.

Storm total snowfall of 6 to 10 inches fell across the region with more than two-thirds of that occurring with the second phase on February 7th. More significantly was up to 1/4 inch of ice, locally more, that accounted for numerous vehicle accidents and power outages.

Snowfall observations of 6 to 12 inches were observed with largely minimal impacts of slippery road conditions. An isolated power outage or two did occur due to snow loading of snow on wet branches that adhered and bent onto power lines.

Strong winds with wind gusts in excess of 45 mph at times caused numerous downed tree limbs and subsequent power outages.

Several trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.

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

A widespread 6 to 10 inches of snow fell across Orange county. The snow was a denser, wetter snow that led to scattered power outages. some specific snowfall totals include; 10 inches in Corinth, 8 inches in Bradford and 6 inches in Brookfield.

Light rain changed to a pasty, heavy wet snow that resulted in downed tree limbs and power outages across VT. In Orange county, snow accumulated 6 to 12 inches, including 11 inches in Williamstown, 9 inches on Corinth and Brookfield.

Long duration snowfall event eventually delivered 10 to 27 inches across Orange county, with the heaviest occurring the night of March 13th into the morning hours of the 14th. Some specific snowfall amounts include: 27 inches in Washington, 24 inches in Williamstown, 18 inches in Chelsea and 15 inches in Randolph Center. Some isolated to scattered power outages were reported.

Scattered tree damage and power outages with measured wind gusts in the 40-50 mph range.

Several wind gusts estimated to be 50-55 mph with a few possibly higher occurred sporadically across the higher elevations. This resulted in more than a thousand customers without power due to trees on power lines.

Scattered roof, tree and power line damage due to strong to severe winds in convective showers and embedded thunderstorms. The hardest hit was the Aloha foundation off Route 244 on the northern edge of Lake Fairlee.

Trees fallen onto power lines.

Numerous trees and power lines down.

Estimated and measured wind gusts of 35 to 45 mph impacted the region with isolated to scattered tree limbs and powerlines downed by these winds.

Heavy, wet snowfall totals across Orange county ranged from 4 to 18 inches. Some specific snow totals included; 18 inches in Braintree, 15 inches in Williamstown, 9 inches in Randolph Center, 6 inches in Brookfield.||The heavy, wet nature of the snow resulted in widespread power outages and vehicle accidents.

Trees and power lines down along Flint road.

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

Numerous trees and power lines down by thunderstorm winds.

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.

Trees downed by thunderstorm winds with power lines down as well.

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

Larger than golf ball size hail reported as well as hundreds of downed trees and power lines along East Hill and Chelsea roads.

Trees blown down on power lines.

A mid-atmospheric disturbance moved into a very warm, humid and unstable airmass across Vermont during the afternoon of the 2nd, which lead to the development of scattered thunderstorms. Some of these thunderstorms were locally severe and produced damaging winds that knocked down several trees in Washington as well as downed trees, powerlines and a tree on a mobile home along Route 5 in Newbury.

A surface trough and mid-level atmospheric disturbance moved into a very warm and humid airmass across Vermont during the afternoon of the 19th. This led to the development of a line of thunderstorms, that intensified as they moved across the state. Some of these storms were severe and produced damaging winds that knocked down trees and powerlines in Chelsea.

A surface trough and mid-level atmospheric disturbance moved into a very warm and humid airmass across Vermont during the afternoon of the 19th. This resulted in the development of several lines of thunderstorms as they moved across Vermont. Some of these storms moved across Orange county and knocked down several large branches and produced power outages in Newbury.

A powerful storm tracked northeast across Ontario and Quebec provinces on the 18th. Ahead of this storm, brisk south winds caused temperatures to rise into the 40s creating snow melt. Widespread rainfall of 1.5 to 2.5 inches on the night of the 17th through early afternoon of the 18th increased run-off into area watersheds. In addition to field flooding and ponding of water on area roadways, there was some flooding along Route 5 between Wells River and Newbury as well as Route 12A in Randolph.

A large ocean storm system moved north, passing east of New England on Tuesday, October 25th and Wednesday, October 26th. Rain on the 25th of October changed to snow during the evening of October 25th. This wet snow accumulated between 2 and 6 inches, locally higher in the mountainous terrain of the extreme northwest corner of the county. With foliage still on the trees, the weight of the snow took a few trees and tree limbs down with some power outages and traffic accidents.

An ocean storm system moved north to the east of New England during Saturday, October 15th and into New Brunswick during Sunday, October 16th. A tight pressure gradient on the backside of this intensifying storm resulted in strong winds across the area on October 16th during the late morning and early afternoon especially. Countywide tree damage was reported, with the following specific reports: both Sutton and Danville (Caledonia county) reported trees down on power lines, while in the town of Orange (Orange county) trees were blown down on power lines. Power outages were reported across these areas.

A weak surface trough combined with surface dew points around 65 degrees and an upper level disturbance to produce severe thunderstorms across eastern Vermont. In Orange county, numerous trees were blown down on cars, especially in the Randolph area. Power was out with power wires blown down. Small hail was reported with the storm.

A cold front extended from northern Maine to extreme northern New York and then into Pennsylvania early on Friday, July 22. The front helped trigger thunderstorms as it moved across Vermont during the afternoon. Severe thunderstorms resulted in strong winds which blew down trees and power lines in the town of Fairlee, in the Vermont county of Orange.

A warm front moved northeast across the region, followed by a warm and humid airmass. Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of June 26th, and a few of them reached severe criteria. Thunderstorms moved across northern Orange county with numerous trees and power lines blown down in Williamstown.