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Event Details
| Event | Winter Storm |
| State | VERMONT |
| County/Area | Essex |
| WFO | BTV |
| Begin Date | 12/11/2008 20:00:00 EST-5 |
| End Date | 12/12/2008 12:00:00 EST-5 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 10.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | An area of high pressure was located across New England and New York on the morning of December 11th. Meanwhile, complex low pressure that originated in the Mississippi River, traveled north along the Mid-Atlantic Coast during the morning of December 11th. This low quickly raced up the coast and was located over Long Island by the morning of December 12th and Downeast Maine by the afternoon. This system tapped into mild, moist Atlantic air which then traveled above the colder air mass entrenched across the region. Precipitation began and predominantly fell as freezing rain across southern Vermont from late afternoon of the 11th through the morning of the 12th. Snow began across central and northern Vermont during the night of the 11th, then changed over to freezing rain, freezing drizzle, and sleet across central and northern Vermont early on December 12th, before it changed back to a brief period of snow prior to ending around midday. Combined snow and sleet accumulation in central and northern Vermont ranged from 5 to 9 inches along with a glaze coating of ice. Ice accumulation across southern Vermont ranged from one quarter to one half an inch. This storm caused hazardous driving conditions, numerous school closings, civic and government closings, and power outages on the evening of December 11th and during the day on December 12th. |
| Event Narrative |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 515.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| EASTERN RUTLAND (ZONE) | EASTERN RUTLAND (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 16:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 0.00K | |
| WINDSOR (ZONE) | WINDSOR (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 16:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 250.00K | 0.00K | |
| ORANGE (ZONE) | ORANGE (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 0.00K | |
| WESTERN RUTLAND (ZONE) | WESTERN RUTLAND (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 17:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 0.00K | |
| CALEDONIA (ZONE) | CALEDONIA (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 18:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K | |
| EASTERN ADDISON (ZONE) | EASTERN ADDISON (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 18:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K | |
| WASHINGTON (ZONE) | WASHINGTON (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 18:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 15.00K | 0.00K | |
| WESTERN ADDISON (ZONE) | WESTERN ADDISON (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 18:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 15.00K | 0.00K | |
| LAMOILLE (ZONE) | LAMOILLE (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 19:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K | |
| WESTERN CHITTENDEN (ZONE) | WESTERN CHITTENDEN (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 19:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 0.00K | |
| EASTERN FRANKLIN (ZONE) | EASTERN FRANKLIN (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 19:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K | |
| WESTERN FRANKLIN (ZONE) | WESTERN FRANKLIN (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 19:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K | |
| GRAND ISLE (ZONE) | GRAND ISLE (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 19:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K | |
| EASTERN CHITTENDEN (ZONE) | EASTERN CHITTENDEN (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 19:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K | |
| ORLEANS (ZONE) | ORLEANS (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 19:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K | |
| ESSEX (ZONE) | ESSEX (ZONE) | VT | 12/11/2008 | 20:00 | EST-5 | Winter Storm | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K | |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 515.00K | 0.00K |
