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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT

May 29, 1995Rutland County, Vermont

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 303 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVWindsor66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.