{"id":330996,"date":"2026-08-27T13:54:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330996\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:54:33","slug":"heavy-downpours-strong-storms-possible-in-vermont-new-york-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330996\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy downpours, strong storms possible in Vermont, New York Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heavy downpours, strong storms possible in Vermont, New York Thursday afternoon<\/p>\n

The strongest storms could produce damaging wind gusts, small hail, even a brief tornado<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a>SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. \u2014<\/p>\n

The NBC5 First Warning Weather team is tracking a round of showers and thunderstorms that is expected to move across Vermont and Northern New York Thursday afternoon and evening. A few of those storms could turn strong to severe.<\/p>\n

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Weather headlines for Thursday\u2019s storm threat. <\/p>\n

\"ImageStorms will be most widespread between 3 and 8 P.M.<\/p>\n

Showers could begin developing by late morning in a few spots, but the best chance for thunderstorms will come during the afternoon and evening as warmer, more humid air moves in ahead of a cold front.<\/p>\n

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Thunderstorm risk areas for Thursday. <\/p>\n

\"ImageAreas of highest risk for severe weather<\/p>\n

The Storm Prediction Center has placed Essex County, New York, along with Addison and Rutland counties in Vermont, under a Level 2 out of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms. The rest of much of the region remains under a lower-end severe risk.<\/p>\n

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Possible storm hazards through Thursday afternoon and evening. <\/p>\n

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The main concerns with stronger storms will be damaging wind gusts, small hail and heavy rain. Enough spin exists in the atmosphere where a weak tornado is possible, but the overall risk is very low. <\/p>\n

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Rainfall potential Thursday afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n

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Southern Vermont has the greatest concern for repeated downpours, which could lead to localized flash flooding if storms track over the same areas. Localized rainfall amounts over 2″ are possible. <\/p>\n

Not everyone will see severe weather, but it will be a good day to keep an eye on the radar and have a way to receive weather alerts, especially if you have outdoor plans later in the day.<\/p>\n

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Our latest extended forecast. <\/p>\n

\"ImageLooking to the weekend<\/p>\n

A few showers may linger into early Friday before drier air takes over. From there, the forecast improves considerably: Saturday looks sunny, seasonable and less humid, with similarly pleasant weather expected for much of Sunday. <\/p>\n

Follow the NBC5 First Warning Weather team on social media:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy downpours, strong storms possible in Vermont, New York Thursday afternoon The strongest storms could produce damaging wind…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[124572,13946,42748,9643,124571,536,9,11,10,124570,19279,7141,78338,78358,112186,112207,86851,1634],"class_list":["post-330996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-enough-spin","tag-essex-county","tag-evening","tag-good-day","tag-heavy-downpour","tag-heavy-rain","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-thursday-afternoon","tag-risk","tag-rutland-county","tag-shower","tag-small-hail","tag-storm-prediction-center","tag-strong-storm","tag-thunderstorm","tag-vermont"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}