Special Weather Statement issued July 02 at 5:42PM EDT by NWS

…A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS, A FEW OF WHICH ARE STRONG, WILL AFFECT CLINTON…CENTRAL FRANKLIN…ESSEX…GRAND ISLE AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES… At 541 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles north of Churubusco to near Horseshoe Lake. Individual storm movement was northeast at 35 mph

Source: National Weather Service Alerts for Vermont