Quick Sunday Evening Update: Worst Is Over Northern Vermont; Unsure Yet If Any Tornadoes Developed

Intense wind and rain today in the southern part of
Hinesburg today, a short distance north of where
rotation was detected in a storm, prompting a 
tornado warning 

 Turn out the worst of today's storms focused their attention on central Vermont, where the National Weather Service office in South Burlington today had to issue two tornado warnings, several severe storm warnings and a flash flood warning. 

The first rotating storm blew through Charlotte, Ferrisburgh and Monkton before continuing on into the central Green Mountains at and beyond Buels Gore.

A wide funnel cloud was photographed near Monkton, and numerous trees were reported down in the area. But it's unclear whether a tornado touched down. I might have more info on that tomorrow.

I was just north of that circulation in the southern end of Hinesburg and encountered heavy rain with a gusty west wind that quickly turned into an even stronger southeast wind, which made me wonder if some sort of circulation was nearby.

A second storm, that was merely strong in New York state and over Lake Champlain later in the afternoon, turned into a severe thunderstorm that eventually developed enough rotation to require another tornado warning around Waterbury and just north of Montpelier around 5 p.m. 

I also don't know the outcome of that. The same storm, and the one before it dumped torrential rains that prompted flash flooding around Mount Mansfield.

THIS EVENING AND BEYOND

I think northern and central Vermont is now pretty much out of the woods. More storms could develop in New York and become strong, but I don't think they will be particularly severe, never mind tornadic.

As of 6 p.m., there were still some intense storms in New York between Glens Falls and Albany that could cause some problems in the next few hours south of Route 4. 

Torrential rain in thunderstorms put a flood-prone
section of Williston Road in South Burlington under water.

Flash flooding has caused a fair amount of damage in north central Vermont, especially around Elmore. Expect some high water and washouts to continue there for awhile as the runoff from the heavy rains drains away. 

Looking ahead, we could have numerous showers and a few garden variety thunderstorms Monday, but nothing severe. Also, the rain shouldn't be enough to cause any more flooding problems.

Going further into the week, the next chance of severe weather will come Wednesday, but that's iffy, and a lot of forecast updates need to come through before we say anything definitive about that. 

I'll have a full update on today's storms and what's next in tomorrow morning's post.