204  
WWUS81 KBTV 282028  
SPSBTV  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
428 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026  
 
NYZ028-VTZ001-002-005-016-282130-  
EASTERN CLINTON NY-WESTERN FRANKLIN VT-GRAND ISLE VT-  
WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-EASTERN FRANKLIN VT-  
428 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CLINTON  
NORTHERN  
GRAND ISLE...NORTH CENTRAL CHITTENDEN AND WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES  
THROUGH 530 PM EDT...  
 
AT 428 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
GEORGIA CENTER, MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ROUSES POINT, ALBURGH VILLAGE, ST. ALBANS CITY, FAIRFAX, GEORGIA,  
SWANTON, ST. ALBANS TOWN, SOUTH ALBURGH, ALBURGH, ALBURGH DUNES STATE  
PARK, NORTH HERO, SWANTON VILLAGE, HIGHGATE FALLS, HIGHGATE, GEORGIA  
CENTER, ISLE LA MOTTE, GRAND ISLE, FAIRFIELD, MILTON, AND CHAMPLAIN.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE CHAMPLAIN, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS  
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES  
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE  
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT  
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4501 7299 4466 7295 4468 7326 4501 7340  
4502 7306  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 170DEG 25KT 4472 7310  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
BOYD  
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