Alert archive / Vermont / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1994, 2:05 PM EDT for Chittenden County, Franklin County, Grand Isle County, Vermont. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1994, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1994, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 26, 9:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON, VT 948 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994 . 25 / 2100 EDT / TSTM WND / / VTZ011 / WALLINGFORD / RUTLAND / VT / TREES DOWN ON CHURCH STREET IN WALLINGFORD. SEVERAL REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES. REPORT FROM STATE POLICE AND ELECTRIC COMPANY. END DIGIORGI
Local storm report, Jul 26, 9:49 AM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON, VT 948 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994 . 25 / 2100 EDT / TSTM WND / / VTZ011 / WALLINGFORD / RUTLAND / VT / TREES DOWN ON CHURCH STREET IN WALLINGFORD. SEVERAL REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES. REPORT FROM STATE POLICE AND ELECTRIC COMPANY. END DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:16 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
VTZ001>012-NYZ026>031-034-035-261920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 116 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR ALL OF VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK... AT 115 PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING JUST TO THE SOUTH OF LAKE PLACID NEW YORK. THIS STORM WILL REACH UPPER JAY...KEENE AND ELIZABETHTOWN BY 145 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR SPRINGFIELD VERMONT AND THESE WILL AFFECT THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY IN WINDSOR COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. AS THE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY THEY MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:58 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
VTZ001-002-005-NYZ028-035-261900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 158 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK THROUGH 8 PM... ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WIND WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE CHAMPLAIN THROUGH 230 PM... A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PORT KENT NEW YORK WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS LAKE CHAMPLAIN NEAR SOUTH HERO TO JUST SOUTH OF ST. ALBANS BY 215 PM AND TO ENOSBURG FALLS BY 230 PM. IF YOU ARE ON THE LAKE SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW. ON THE SHORE...HEAD FOR A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. SISSON
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:00 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
VTZ001-002-005-NYZ028-035-261900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 158 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK THROUGH 8 PM... ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WIND WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE CHAMPLAIN THROUGH 230 PM... A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PORT KENT NEW YORK WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS LAKE CHAMPLAIN NEAR SOUTH HERO TO JUST SOUTH OF ST. ALBANS BY 215 PM AND TO ENOSBURG FALLS BY 230 PM. IF YOU ARE ON THE LAKE SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW. ON THE SHORE...HEAD FOR A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. SISSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Orange | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Windsor | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.