Alert archive / Vermont / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 1989, 7:26 PM EDT for Orleans County, Vermont. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 1989, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 1989, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orleans County, VT
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Orleans, VT |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBTV 062325 RRA
TORBTV
VTC019-070015-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
726 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT
...ORLEANS
AT 720 PM A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBORO IN
SOUTHERN ORLEANS COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARDS
ISLAND POND.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ONE THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:35 PM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 130 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK UNTIL 800 PM EDT TONIGHT. AT 130 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ALONG THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF NEW YORK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR SCHROON RIVER...JUST SOUTHWEST OF TICONDEROGA AND JUST NORTH OF ELLENBURG DEPOT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. BOATERS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OUT CHANGING WEATHER CONDITION AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. END...AS
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:26 PM EDT, 5 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 225 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE ACROSS MUCH OF VERMONT...NORTHEAST NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN QUEBEC. AT 220 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM MONTREAL TO PLATTSBURGH TO MIDDLEBURY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL CROSS FRANKLIN...GRAND ISLE...CHITTENDEN AND ADDISON COUNTIES BY 300 PM. BOATERS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM MONTREAL TO MASSENA. THESE WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE.. FRANKLIN AND CLINTON COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. ^ MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA TAKE SHELTER. END..RC
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:09 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 305 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT. AT 300 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WAS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF BRATTLEBORO IN WINDHAM COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BRATTLEBORO AND PUTNEY SHOULD PREPARE FOR HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED ACROSS VERMONT...NORTHEAST NEW YORK AND SOUTHER QUEBEC. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS JUST NORTH OF ST. ALBANS VERMONT. THE SHO6WERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ^ MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA TAKE SHELTER. END...AS
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 410 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT. AT 400 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN GRAND ISLE AND NORTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN VERMONT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE HIGHGATE AND SWANTON AREA BY 430 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR DANVILLE VERMONT IN ORLEANS COUNTY AND EAST OF NEWCOMB NEW YORK IN ESSEX COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WERE SCATTERED ABOUT SOUTHERN QUEBEC...EASTERN NEW YORK AND EASTERN VERMONT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ^ IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. END...AS
Local storm report, Aug 6, 6:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON, VT
606 PM EDT SUN AUG 06 1989
440 PM SUN AUG 6 1989 EAST BURKE VT (CALEDONIA CO) TREES BLOWN DOWN IN
IN AN AREA ONE-HALF MILE LONG AND 300 YARDS WIDE.
REPORT FROM COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
435 PM SUN AUG 6 1989 MAIDSTONE LAKE VT (ESSEX CO) POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWN. REPORTED BY SAINT JOHNSBURY STATE POLICE
440 PM SUN AUG 6 1989 GUILDHALL VT (ESSEX CO) TREES BLOWN DOWN IN A 300
YARD PATH. REPORTED BY SAINT JOHNSBURY STATE
POLICE.
535 PM SUN AUG 6 1989 BRISTOL VT (ADDISON CO) BROKEN TREES AND POWER
LINES CAUSED P3OWER OUTAGES. REPORTED BY STATE
POLICE IN MIDDLEBURY.
545 PM SUN AUG 6 1989 MIDDLEBURY VT (ADISON CO) LARGE TREES BLOCKING
ROUTE 7. REPORTED BY SKYWARN OBSERVER.
END/RMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Bennington | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland | 54 min |
| Aug 6, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Orange | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex, Orleans | 60 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Vermont, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.