Alert archive / Vermont / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 1992, 12:06 PM EST for Orange County, Vermont. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 1992, 12:06 PM EST (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 1992, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, VT
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KPWM), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 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 111707 FFWBTV VTC017-112315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1206 PM EST WED MAR 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST CENTRAL VERMONT ...ORANGE COUNTY FLOODING CONTINUED IN BRADFORD...ESPECIALLY ALONG ROUTE 25. THE WAITS RIVER CONTINUES TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS. THIS ICE JAM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING. ANY RIVERS IN ORANGE COUNTY COULD RISE RAPIDLY. IF YOU LIVE ALONG A RIVER...BE PREPARED FOR RAIDLY RISING WATER. SEEK HIGH GROUND...BUT DO NOT CROSS BRIDGES IN ICE JAM AREAS. ROUTE 100 IN RANDOLPH HAS FLOODED...AND WILL CONTINUE TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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. HOGAN
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, 4 hours 52 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 7:15 AM EST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 11:05 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
VTZALL-NYZ011-112000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1105 AM EST WED MAR 11 1992 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN VERMONT... FROM ADDISON AND ORANGE COUNTIES NORTHWARD. ...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES RUTLAND...WINDSOR... WINDHAM AND BENNINGTON COUNTIES. AT 1100 AM...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WAS FALLING AS FAR EAST AS CLINTON COUNTY NEW YORK. THIS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH MUCH COLDER AIR THAT WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. THIS COLDER WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO ALL OF VERMONT. ANY RAIN FALLING ACROSS VERMONT WILL CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TO AROUND FREEZING. THIS MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION...AND DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL BY DARK. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ACCUMULATION LIKELY IN MOST AREAS. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME VERY ICY THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE COLD ARRIVES. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID WEATHER CHANGES THIS AFTERNOON AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH TRAVEL DESTINATIONS. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS LATE WINTER WEATHER WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 300 PM. REYRNOLDS
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, 10:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Windsor | 3 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, 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.