Extensive damage, thousands of outages following tornado in Woodstock, Vermont
A storm survey will occur Friday to determine the details of what happened
WILL CONTINUE, RAIN OR SHINE. THIS IS AN NBC FIVE ALERT WEATHER WARNING. WE WANT TO GET BACK TO OUR WEATHER COVERAGE. WE’RE SEEING REPORTS OF DAMAGE ALL OVER OUR REGION AFTER A ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE ARE PICTURES FROM NORTHFIELD VERMONT SENT TO US BY A VIEWER. TAKEN AT AROUND 3 P.M., YOU CAN SEE A TREE DOWN OVER CHANDLER ROAD. WE HAVE A CREW THERE NOW AND WE’LL CHECK IN SOON, BUT WE’RE REALLY FOCUSED RIGHT NOW ON WOODSTOCK AND WHAT OUR WEATHER TEAM IS DESCRIBING AS A LIKELY TORNADO. WOW. I THINK AT THIS POINT WE’LL SAY IT’S A TORNADO IN WINDSOR COUNTY BETWEEN 2 AND 3 P.M., MAYBE 240 SPECIFICALLY. WE’LL SEE. WE’LL SEE WHAT THE WEATHER SERVICE COMES UP WITH, BUT THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE RADAR. THEY’LL LOOK AT THE DAMAGE, ASSIGN AN F RATING. LAST WE HEARD THEY’RE GOING DOWN TOMORROW. SOMETIMES DAMAGE GETS CLEANED UP AND IT KIND OF COMPLICATES A SURVEY. BUT HOPEFULLY THEY GET DOWN THERE BRIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW AND GET US AN F RATING ON THIS TORNADO. YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE ON THE HILLSIDE HERE. WE FIRST GOT WORD ABOUT 330 THAT SOMETHING BAD HAD HAPPENED IN THIS AREA. AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE TREES SHEARED OFF THERE, LEFT TO RIGHT UP THE HILLSIDE. AND GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT TODAY, WE LEANED MORE TOWARDS A TORNADO SITUATION. SO WE’RE AWAITING DETAILS ON IT. BUT THIS IS WHAT THE RADAR LOOKED LIKE AT 240 THIS AFTERNOON. AND WE CALL THIS A LINE BREAK. SO YOU SEE NORTH AND SOUTH, PRETTY HEAVY WEATHER. AND ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS LITTLE AREA, THERE WAS SOME ROTATION IN THE SKY. WE LOOKED AT MULTIPLE RADARS AND WE THINK RIGHT ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THAT APPENDAGE IS WHERE THE TORNADO CAME DOWN. WE’LL SEE HOW LONG THE PATH IS, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THE STORM SURVEY, WHICH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL SOON DO. AS WE HEAD TOWARDS TOMORROW MORNING ESPECIALLY. BUT THE WOODSTOCK AREA HARD HIT THIS PHOTO FROM A JAY OF THE BARN DAMAGE THERE AND THE ROTATION ON THE RADAR. THIS IS THE BURLINGTON RADAR. AND THEN FOR ADDED CONFIDENCE, THE PORTLAND, MAINE RADAR HAD THE SAME PICTURE OVER WOODSTOCK AND WE’VE GOT SOME NEW DRONE FOOTAGE JUST IN. YOU’RE ONLY GOING TO SEE THIS ON NBC5 HENRY’S WEATHER CHANNEL THERE. METEOROLOGIST BEN FRECHETTE HERE WITH THE ANALYSIS, WE’VE BEEN KIND OF SIFTING THROUGH THIS AND SEEING NEW AREAS. YEAH. AND THE CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO GROW THAT THIS WAS A TORNADO. AND WE’LL SHOW YOU THE FOOTAGE IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT LET’S SET THE SCENE FOR YOU FIRST. WHERE EXACTLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WE’LL USE THE LAB LOCATION AS A PROXY. THIS IS RIGHT ALONG ROUTE FOUR, RIGHT AROUND DEER BROOK WAY AND PIECE MOUNTAIN WAY. SO LET’S SHOW YOU SOME OF THAT DRONE FOOTAGE COURTESY OF HENRY’S WEATHER CHANNEL. THIS IS THE BIGGEST TELLTALE SIGN TO US. TREES SNAPPED ABOUT HALFWAY UP AND ALL IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE A TORNADO, YOU HAVE LITTLE VORTICES INSIDE AND THEY KIND OF THEY DON’T NECESSARILY TOPPLE THE TREES OVER. SOMETIMES THEY COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT, TAKE PART OF THE TREE AND THEN FLING IT ELSEWHERE. SO THAT’S THE BIGGEST TELLTALE SIGN FOR US. BUT A NEARBY PROPERTY ALSO HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. CLEARLY A BIG TREE DOWN WITH PIECES OF THE ROOF MISSING ON THIS BUILDING HERE. WE’LL ZOOM IN CLOSER TO THAT PROPERTY AND YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER TREE DOWN CLEARLY, SOME METAL STREWN ABOUT, JUST A REALLY VIOLENT STORM THAT WENT THROUGH THE WOODSTOCK AREA. AND ONE MORE FOR YOU HERE IN NEARBY BUILDING WITH SOME SOLAR ARRAYS DAMAGE, YOU CAN SEE SOME SHEET METAL ALSO THROWN ALL AROUND. SO CLEARLY A LOT OF DAMAGE TO BE CLEANED UP. AND AS YOU HEARD TYLER MENTION, WE’LL GET THE FINAL DETERMINATION FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE, LIKELY SOMETIME TOMORROW WITH THE DETAILS ABOUT THE PATH, HOW STRONG IT WAS, AND WE’LL BE SURE TO BRING THAT TO YOU AS SOON AS IT HITS THE WEATHER CENTER HERE FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST. SO WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO TYLER. CRAZY VIDEO THERE. AND AGAIN, THANKS TO HENRY. HE’S A PASSIONATE. WEATHER CHASER, METEOROLOGIST AND DOES A LOT OF GOOD, GOOD WORK FOR NEW ENGLAND. AND WE’RE GRATEFUL THAT HE’S SHARING THAT WITH US TO, TO KIND OF CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT’S GOING ON. YOU CAN SEE THE OUTAGES STILL FROM BRIDGEWATER TO WOODSTOCK TO HARTFORD AND THE UPPER VALLEY. I DON’T THINK THIS TORNADO WAS LONG TRACK. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DOWN ON THE GROUND BRIEFLY, BUT STILL, WE’VE GOT ALL KINDS OF OUTAGES FROM REGULAR SEVERE WEATHER, JUST REGULAR PUFFS OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND. FOR EXAMPLE, DUMMERSTON 626 CUSTOMERS OUT AND RADAR RIGHT NOW IS PRETTY QUIET. WE’RE DONE WITH THE STORMS. WE’RE DONE WITH THE ROTATION. AND THAT MEANS WE CAN TAKE A LITTLE BREAK HERE AS WE GO INTO THE EVENING. CERTAINLY THERE’S A LOT OF CLEANUP TO BE DONE, AND THE POWER CREWS WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT. WE STILL HAVE THOUSANDS OF OUTAGES ACROSS THE REGION. YOU’LL SEE AS WE GO FORWARD ON THE EXTENDED FORECAST HERE, WE’VE GOT KIND OF A COOLISH WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES STAYING IN THE LOW AND MID 70S AS WE GO FORWARD. SO IT’S GOING TO BE KIND OF A LONG WAIT FOR THE NICER WEATHER TO COME BACK. BUT WE’RE OPTIMISTIC THAT THERE’S SUNSHINE IN THE MIX FOR FATHER’S DAY. A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO 80 BY THE MIDPOINT OF NEXT WEEK. WE’LL HAVE MORE COVERAGE FROM WOODSTOCK COMING UP. WE’VE GOT THE LIV
Extensive damage, thousands of outages following tornado in Woodstock, Vermont
A storm survey will occur Friday to determine the details of what happened
Updated: 9:00 PM EDT Jun 18, 2026
A tornado touched down in Woodstock, Vermont on Thursday afternoon, according to NBC5 meteorologists, who surveyed damage in the area and showed video to national experts on tornado damage.A rotation signature was visible on two radars above Woodstock as the storm moved through around 2:40 p.m. Aerial video from the area show trees sheared off, consistent with tornadic damage. Thousands of power outages were also reported following the storm.Henry Swenson, a passionate New England storm chaser who runs Henry’s Weather Channel on multiple social media platforms, shared drone videos exclusively with NBC5’s weather team for analysis. You can find his work on Instagram here. A storm survey from the National Weather Service will occur Friday to determine the details on the tornado, including its path, strength, and estimated wind speeds.Residents are urged to use caution around downed trees and power lines as cleanup continues.
WOODSTOCK, Vt. —
A tornado touched down in Woodstock, Vermont on Thursday afternoon, according to NBC5 meteorologists, who surveyed damage in the area and showed video to national experts on tornado damage.
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Rotation detected aloft over Woodstock, Vermont.
A rotation signature was visible on two radars above Woodstock as the storm moved through around 2:40 p.m. Aerial video from the area show trees sheared off, consistent with tornadic damage. Thousands of power outages were also reported following the storm.
Henry Swenson, a passionate New England storm chaser who runs Henry’s Weather Channel on multiple social media platforms, shared drone videos exclusively with NBC5’s weather team for analysis. You can find his work on Instagram here.
A storm survey from the National Weather Service will occur Friday to determine the details on the tornado, including its path, strength, and estimated wind speeds.
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Outages peaked at 3:20 p.m. with over 23,000 customers out.
Residents are urged to use caution around downed trees and power lines as cleanup continues.