Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Burlington, VT

Issued

Jul 15, 1997, 9:46 AM EDT (13:46 UTC)

Expired

Jul 15, 1997, 12:45 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Burlington, VT

Area

Whole counties

County Orange County, VT

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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VTC017-151645-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
946 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL VERMONT
 
   ...ORANGE COUNTY
 
FLOODING WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
ORANGE COUNTY. GENERALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE MOUNTAINS EAR
 MORNING...AND THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE FLOODING. THE WELLS RIVER
WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE. BE ALERT IF YOU LIVE ALONG ANY RIVER OR
WATERWAY.
 
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR ALREADY IN
PROGRESS. SEEK HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. DO NOT HESITATE...YOUR ONLY
ESCAPE ROUTE MAY SOON BE INUNDATED WITH FLOOD WATERS PREVENTING YOUR
ESCAPE.
 
HOGAN

NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 15, 3:48 AM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
330 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

COORD WITH ALB.  FFA TO BE ISSUED AT 4 AM FOR MUCH OF NRN TIER OF
ZONES.

MAIN FCST PROBLEM WL BE THREAT OF FLOODING AS MOIST (PW'S 1.5-
1.75...SFC TD'S ARND 70) UNSTABLE AIRMASS RMNS OVR RGN WITH PLENTY
OF BNDRYS TO AID IN FORCING.  THREAT OF SVR CANNOT BE
OVERLOOKED...ESPECIALLY NRN NY/SRN VT.

SHWRS/TSTMS WDSPRD ACRS FA ATTM...WITH MOST CONCENTRATED ACTIVITY IN
NRN VT.  UPWARDS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING PAST 24 HRS
NEAR CANADIAN BORDER...SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS HAS BEEN
REPORTED...AND MISSISQUOI RIVER AT E. BERKSHIRE HAS RISEN 5.5 FT
PAST 6 HRS...BUT IS STILL 3 FT BLO FLOOD STAGE.  CURRENTLY...FLOOD
WARNINGS OUT FOR FRANKLIN/ORLEANS CTYS OF VT.

COMPLICATED SCENARIO NEXT 12-24 HRS.  MODELS HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS
WITH QPF.  ALL MODELS ARE SERIOUSLY UNDERFORECASTING AMT OF RAIN
FALLING ACRS RGN ATTM.  NGM APPEARS TO BE HANDLING PROGRESS OF
BACKDOOR FRONT INTO NE VT MUCH BETTER THAN ETA...AND THUS NGM WL BE
MODEL OF CHOICE.  XPC BACKDOOR FRONT TO PUSH WEST ACRS VT BEFORE
STALLING LTR TDA.  IT WL THEN RETREAT EWRD TNGT.  MEANWHILE...FNT
MARKING LEADING EDGE OF SOMEHAT DRIER AIR WL MOV EAST ACRS FA LATE
TNGT/WED AM.

SHWRS/TSTMS WITH HVY RAIN AND THREAT OF FLOODING TDA...DIMINISHING
FROM WEST TO EAST OVRNGT.  P/S WED...NOT QUITE AS HUMID...SLITE CHC
TSRA.  FWC TEMPS OK WRN ZONES TDA...BUT TOO HIGH ELSW.  GUIDANCE OK
TON/WED.

RJS

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.