Alert archive / Vermont / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1995, 4:44 PM EDT for Rutland County, Vermont. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1995, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rutland County, VT
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 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 292045 SVRBTV VTC021-292130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 444 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST VERMONT ...RUTLAND COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF RUTLAND NEAR CLRENDON AT 435 PM AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD AFFECT MOUNT HOLLY BEFORE 5 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN RUTLAND COUNTY WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 9 PM. 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
Special weather statement, May 29, 2:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
VTZ003-010>012-NYZ034-035-292125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 226 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL VERMONT AND ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT FOR ADDISON...ORANGE...RUTLAND...AND WINDSOR COUNTIES VERMONT AS WELL AS ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK. THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK WILL MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING W"IND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND FLOODING RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. MCGILL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Windsor | 66 min |
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.