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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Burlington, VT

July 23, 1996Franklin County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 1996, 5:49 PM EDT for Franklin County, Vermont. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1996, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1996, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, VT

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 1996-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 1996-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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 232152
FFWBTV
NYC019-VTC011-240045-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
549 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH NEW YORK
 
   ...CLINTON COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST VERMONT
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA THIS EVENING CONTINUE
TO DUMP TORRENTAIL RAINS. THE THREAT FOR FLOODING IS GREATEST IN CLINTON
COUNTY...ALONG AND NORTH OF PLATTSBURGH TO ELLENBURG DEPOT NEW YORK.
 
AND IN FRANKLIN COUNTY VERMONT...ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN
MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF RICHFORD...MONTGOMERY CENTER...JAY PEAK
AND BERKSHIRE.
 
MORE HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 8 PM WILL BRING STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR
BANKS TO FLOOD LOW LYING ROADS AND PROPERTY.
 
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.
 
DIGIORGI

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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.