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Submit a Storm Report to the National Weather Service

The staff at the National Weather Service in Burlington, Vermont welcomes your reports of severe weather from anywhere in our County Warning Area (CWA). Use the form below to send us your storm report. For the information to of best use to us, please submit your report as soon as possible after a severe weather event.

Please limit your submissions to events in which you have witnessed at least one of the following:

A TORNADO, Waterspout or Funnel Cloud.
Dangerous or Severe Thunderstorms: strong damaging winds, very heavy rain or large hail
Damaging Winds: large tree limbs down or any structural damage
Unusually frequent cloud to ground lightning: any lightning damage
Hail: specify the size, location, and time of occurrence
Heavy Rain: especially an inch or more in a short time (2 hours or less)
FLOODING: of any river or stream, due to heavy rain or ICE JAMS
Heavy snow: ongoing significant amounts and the total new snow after the storm is over
Ice storm or freezing rain: especially if un-forecasted or damage is occurring

NWS Burlington Storm Report Form

(Summer and Winter)

1.) Observer Information
Please give us your name and phone number including area code (so that we may contact you if we have further questions). This information is optional, but we would like to know your affiliation.

Your Name:(optional)
Your Phone Number: (optional)
Your Affiliation:

2.) Time and Location
Enter the date and time of the weather event (in local time) and where the event was observed. Time and location of severe weather is very important so please be as exact and specific as possible.

Date of Event:
Time of Event:
Event County:
Event Location (city):

3.) Type of Weather Event
You may select more than one type of event.

Tornadic activity:
Estimated wind speed and damage:
Hail diameter:
Snow: (specify amount below)
Other weather:	Heavy Rain Flooding Icing Wind damage Ice Jam Other damage (specify below)

5.) Description of Weather Event
Please give a description of the event in sufficient detail (see above for specific information).

Measured wind gust: mph

Storm rainfall: inches
(began at , ended at )

Storm snowfall: inches
(began at , ended at )

6.) Submit Your Report
Click on "Submit Report" to send your storm report to the NWS in Burlington, Vermont. If you wish to start over, click on "Reset Form". If your browser does not support forms, send an e-mail to the storm reports focal point click here, and try to answer as many questions from the online form as you can.

The Burlington National Weather Service Office thanks you for your report!


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