Vermont Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/01/2026 19:44

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 1 at 10:44PM EDT until July 1 at 11:45PM EDT by NWS Albany NY
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 1, 2026 - 7:44pm
Expires: 
July 1, 2026 - 8:45pm
Description: 
SVRALY The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Bennington County in southern Vermont... Windham County in southern Vermont... * Until 1145 PM EDT. * At 1044 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Dorset to Arlington to 7 miles east of Bennington to near Wilmington to Readsboro, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Bennington, Brattleboro, Arlington, Londonderry, Townshend, Manchester, Stratton, Shaftsbury, Putney, Vernon, Dorset, Wilmington, Readsboro, Saxtons River, Westminster, Newfane, Guilford Center, Manchester Center, West Wardsboro, and Hinsdale.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description: 
Bennington, VT; Windham, VT
Forcast Office: 
NWS Albany NY