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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Burlington, VT

May 29, 1998Windsor County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 4:29 PM EDT for Windsor County, Vermont. It was in force for 61 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 1998, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 1998, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT
Area: Whole counties

County Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
May 29, 4:30 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Woodstock, VT
May 29, 4:40 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Tyson, VT
May 29, 5:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Cavendish, VT
May 29, 5:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester, VT

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 29, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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.

NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 29, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 12:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 12:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

NYZ026>031-034-035-292215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1212 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR ALL OF NORTHERN NEW YORK UNTIL 600 PM TODAY.  THE WATCH INCLUDES
ST. LAWRENCE...FRANKLIN...CLINTON AND ESSEX COUNTIES.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
ALL POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

MCGILL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 12:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Franklin, Grand Isle	47 min
May 29, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Orleans	64 min
May 29, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Essex	37 min
May 29, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Rutland	60 min
May 29, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Washington	31 min
May 29, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Caledonia	31 min
May 29, 11:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Franklin, St. Lawrence	67 min
May 29, 12:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Clinton	42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.