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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

    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.


    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.


    3) Weather Event Description

    Please enter as much information as possible to best describe the weather event.


    4) 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, 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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