{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.6aa2553db283ddfd1e50a7828399e03a7d92f619.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued May 31 at 5:56PM EDT by NWS Burlington VT","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-31","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.6aa2553db283ddfd1e50a7828399e03a7d92f619.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Burlington VT"},"word_count":114,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued May 31 at 5:56PM EDT by NWS Burlington VT\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Northern St. Lawrence; Northern Franklin; Eastern Clinton; Southern Franklin; Western Clinton; Western Essex; Eastern Essex; Grand Isle; Western Franklin; Western Chittenden; Lamoille; Caledonia; Washington; Western Addison; Orange; Western Rutland; Eastern Franklin; Eastern Chittenden; Eastern Addison; Eastern Rutland; Western Windsor; Eastern Windsor\n**Issued by:** NWS Burlington VT\n**Sent:** 2026-05-31T17:56:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-31T17:56:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-31T21:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nWe're receiving numerous reports of hail up to a 0.5 inch size\nhail embedded within showers and thunderstorms across northern New\nYork and Vermont. Activity will gradually slide southeast over\nthe next two to three hours, but any downpour could be accompanied\nwith small hail."}