holy crap! i just got back from a 2 hr backroad bike ride and raced the developing thunderstorms. i took a look on my computer and found this:=======================================================
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
504 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007
VTZ004-006>008-272200-
LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-ESSEX-
INCLUDING...ST. JOHNSBURY
504 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007
AT 500 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER ELMORE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR EAST HARDWICK...CABOT BY 520 PM...NEAR
WALDEN...STANNARD BY 530 PM...NEAR WEST DANVILLE BY 540 PM...NEAR
NORTH DANVILLE...DANVILLE BY 550 PM...NEAR ST. JOHNSBURY AND
LYNDONVILLE BY 600 PM.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL
HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IN
ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE AROUND A HALF OF AN INCH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.
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it's 5:15. clearly i have about 35 minutes to batten down the hatches.