Emergency Winter Storm Info
Emergency info from the Town of Bethel, Vermont
ANOTHER WINTER STORM HEADED OUR WAY, THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
Power outages are expected again this weekend due to the storm headed our way.
Please be prepared by having a generator, fuel, a safe source of heat, food, water, batteries, carbon monoxide detector, smoke detector, etc. SHELTER IN PLACE.
If you plan on traveling for the holidays, you should consider leaving earlier than originally planned. Dirt roads will ice over and during a rain event, and they will be unsafe to drive, so travel will not be recommended.
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Snow likely before 11pm, then rain and snow between 11pm and 2am, then rain after 2am. Low around 29. Southeast wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday, December 23, 2022
Rain. High near 52. Breezy, with a southeast wind 21 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Friday Night
A flash freeze is expected late Friday evening with black ice likely present for Saturday morning. A chance of rain and snow before 11pm, then a chance of snow between 11pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Partly sunny, with a high near 23. Southwest wind 10 to 13 mph.
Closely monitor forecasts via http://www.weather.gov/btv/, or stay tuned to radio and television for updates.
If you have an emergency, dial 911.
Dial 511 for road conditions.
To locate an open shelter in our area, call the Red Cross at 1-800-733-2767.
If you have medication that needs to be refrigerated, or a health appliance (CPAP, etc.), the Red Cross will help you find emergency shelter, if there is not an open shelter near you. This will take a couple of hours, so don’t delay in calling.
