Alert archive / Vermont / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1994, 7:16 PM EDT for Rutland County, Vermont. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1994, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rutland County, VT
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBTV 132318 RRA SVRBTV VTC021-140015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 716 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST VERMONT ...RUTLAND COUNTY AT 715 PM...RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITEHALL NEW YORK. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AFFECTING FAIR HAVEN BY 730 PM AND RUTLAND AND BRANDON BETWEEN 730 AND 745 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE AND CAN NOT FIND REFUGE IN A STURDY INDOOR SHELTER...CROUCH DOWN IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. STAY AWAY FROM TREES...HILL TOPS...WIRE FENCES AND METAL OBJECTS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON, VT 404 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...STORM REPORT FOR SUNDAY JUN 12TH THUNDERSTORMS... . 12 / 1925 EDT / TSTM WIND / / VTZ011 / SOUTH OF MT. HOLLY / RUTLAND / VT / A FEW TREES AND SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS REPORTED BY VT HIGHWAY DEPT. . 12 / 2000-2030 EDT / TSTM WIND / / VTZ012 / WESTON AND WESTON ISLAND / WINDSOR / VT / 2 MILES SOUTH OF WESTON TOWN CENTER ALONG AND ADJACENT TO ROUTE 100... JUST NORTH OF WINDSOR/WINDHAM COUNTY LINE. DOZENS TO PERHAPS A HUNDRED LARGE EVERGREENS SNAPPED...DOWNED AND UPROOTED. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO ROOF ON HOUSE AND A 10 BY 16 FOOT SECTION OFF ROOF OF NEARBY BARN. INTERVIEWS WITH HALF DOZEN WITNESSES ON DAMAGE AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS INDICATE WET MICROBURST. END SLW
Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON, VT 404 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...STORM REPORT FOR SUNDAY JUN 12TH THUNDERSTORMS... . 12 / 1925 EDT / TSTM WIND / / VTZ011 / SOUTH OF MT. HOLLY / RUTLAND / VT / A FEW TREES AND SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS REPORTED BY VT HIGHWAY DEPT. . 12 / 2000-2030 EDT / TSTM WIND / / VTZ012 / WESTON AND WESTON ISLAND / WINDSOR / VT / 2 MILES SOUTH OF WESTON TOWN CENTER ALONG AND ADJACENT TO ROUTE 100... JUST NORTH OF WINDSOR/WINDHAM COUNTY LINE. DOZENS TO PERHAPS A HUNDRED LARGE EVERGREENS SNAPPED...DOWNED AND UPROOTED. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO ROOF ON HOUSE AND A 10 BY 16 FOOT SECTION OFF ROOF OF NEARBY BARN. INTERVIEWS WITH HALF DOZEN WITNESSES ON DAMAGE AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS INDICATE WET MICROBURST. END SLW
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:38 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
VTZ009-011-NYZ035-132340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 638 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL WILL MOVE ACROSS TICONDEROGA NEW YORK BY 645 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH SHORHAM VERMONT IN SOUTHWEST ADDISON COUNTY BY 700 PM AND LAKE DUNMORE BY 715 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:40 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
VTZ009-011-NYZ035-132340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 638 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL WILL MOVE ACROSS TICONDEROGA NEW YORK BY 645 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH SHORHAM VERMONT IN SOUTHWEST ADDISON COUNTY BY 700 PM AND LAKE DUNMORE BY 715 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING< AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:07 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
VTZ009-011-NYZ035-140110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 707 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PERHAPS HAIL WILL MOVE ACROSS RUTLAND AND ADDISON COUNTIES OF VERMONT THROUGH 800 PM... AT 700 PM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR VERGENNES TO SHORHAM VERMONT TO TICONDEROGA AND NEAR GLENS FALLS NEW YORK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ADDISON AND RUTLAND COUNTIES...REACHING BRISTOL...MIDDLEBURY AND BRANDON BY 730 PM AND RUTLAND BY 745 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A SAFE AND STURDY STRUCTURE. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:09 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
VTZ009-011-NYZ035-140110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 707 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PERHAPS HAIL WILL MOVE ACROSS RUTLAND AND ADDISON COUNTIES OF VERMONT THROUGH 800 PM... AT 700 PM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR VERGENNES TO SHORHAM VERMONT TO TICONDEROGA AND NEAR GLENS FALLS NEW YORK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ADDISON AND RUTLAND COUNTIES...REACHING BRISTOL...MIDDLEBURY AND BRANDON BY 730 PM AND RUTLAND BY 745 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A SAFE AND STURDY STRUCTURE. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.