Alert archive / Vermont / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 1992, 10:21 AM EST for Windsor County, Vermont. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 1992, 10:21 AM EST (15:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 1992, 1:30 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Windsor County, VT
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 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 111522 RRA FFWBTV VTC027-111830- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1021 AM EST WED MAR 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST VERMONT ...WINDSOR COUNTY THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTS 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER OVER ROUTE 14 FROM SHARON TO ROYALTON AND FROM BETHEL TO RANDOLPH. THIS IS FROM THE WHITE RIVER OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS. RIVERS AND STREAMS IN SOUTHERN WINDSOR COUNTY ARE AT OR NEAR BANKFULL AND MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS LATER THIS MORNING. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Mar 11, 7:14 AM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 7:15 AM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 8:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Orange | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Windham | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:06 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Orange | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Windham, Windsor | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Lamoille | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Lamoille | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Orleans | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Windham, Windsor | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Orange, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Lamoille, Orleans | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Chittenden | 2 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.