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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Burlington, VT

July 6, 1999Addison County, Rutland County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1999, 2:39 PM EDT for Addison County, Rutland County, Vermont. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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
Jul 6, 1999, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1999, 3:40 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Addison County, VT, Rutland County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 2:45 PM EDTThunderstorm WindPittsford, VT
Jul 6, 3:04 PM EDTThunderstorm WindSudbury, VT
Jul 6, 3:05 PM EDTThunderstorm WindRutland, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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 Jul 6, 9:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 9:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
941 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 1999

EVERYTHING STILL POINTS TO A SEVERE WEATHER EVENT FOR THE FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  COMPOSITE ANALYSIS FROM LAST NIGHTS DATA
SHOWS PROGRESSIVE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS ONTARIO MOVING EAST TODAY.
DEEP LAYER SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH IS STRONGEST OVER
CANADA...BUT STILL DEALING WITH SUFFICIENT SPEED SHEAR FOR OUR
AREA.  MORNING UPPER AIR DATA SHOWING 50 KNOT WINDS ACROSS THE
UPPER MIDWEST AT 700/500 MB.  MAIN SURFACE FRONT REMAINS WELL BACK TO
THE WEST AND WILL NOT MOVE THROUGH THE AREA UNTIL LATER TONIGHT.
INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF BAND OF CLOUDS ACROSS
EXTREME SOUTHERN ONTARIO AS MORE BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS DEVELOP AND
SURFACE HEATING DEVELOPS. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO APPROACH 90
AND SURFACE DEW POINTS WELL INTO THE 60S...GENERATING CAPE VALUES TO
2000 J/KG IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.  ATMOSPHERE STILL REMAINS
CAPPED JUST SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AS 700 MB TEMPERATURES
AROUND +11/+12C...BUT OUR FORECAST AREA IS ALONG THE NORTHERN FRINGE
OF THE CAP AND SOME COOLING ALOFT IS EXPECTED AS THE DAY WEARS ON.
THUS GIVEN AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND INCREASING SPEED SHEAR...THREAT
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STILL LOOKS REAL GOOD WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GOING FORECAST HAS THIS ALREADY
COVERED AND WOULD EXPECT AREAL COVERAGE/MAGNITUDE OF THE CONVECTION
TO POSSIBLY WARRANT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.  THIS WILL BE
DISCUSSED WITH SPC THIS MORNING WHICH HAS ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED THIS
AREA FOR A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THE BAND
OF CLOUDS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN ONTARIO HAS ORIGINS WITH TROPICAL
SYSTEM NEAR THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA.  SO POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL
STILL LOOKS GOOD AS WELL SINCE STORMS SHOULD NOT BE MOVING AS FAST AS
THE MCS SYSTEMS THAT HAVE AFFECTED THE AREA THE PAST COUPLE OF
NIGHTS.

WORK ZONES IN ALBADMBTV BY 1000 AM

EVENSON

.BTV...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
NYZ026>031-034-035-VTZ001>012-062100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1140 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 1999

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VERMONT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND MUCH OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT.  THIS WATCH IS VALID UNTIL 500 PM EDT
AND AFFECTS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.  FOR
NORTHERN NEW YORK...ST LAWRENCE...FRANKLIN...CLINTON AND ESSEX
COUNTIES.  IN VERMONT THE WATCH COVERS THE AREA FROM RUTLAND AND
WINDSOR COUNTIES NORTHWARD TO THE CANADIAN BORDER.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
THAT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.

EVENSON
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
NYZ026>031-034-035-VTZ001>012-062100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1140 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 1999

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VERMONT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND MUCH OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT.  THIS WATCH IS VALID UNTIL 500 PM EDT
AND AFFECTS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.  FOR
NORTHERN NEW YORK...ST LAWRENCE...FRANKLIN...CLINTON AND ESSEX
COUNTIES.  IN VERMONT THE WATCH COVERS THE AREA FROM RUTLAND AND
WINDSOR COUNTIES NORTHWARD TO THE CANADIAN BORDER.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
THAT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.

EVENSON
Local storm report, Jul 6, 2:04 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle59 min
Jul 6, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin60 min
Jul 6, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVLamoille, Orleans60 min
Jul 6, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Washington57 min
Jul 6, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia57 min
Jul 6, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Orange, Washington, Windsor68 min
Jul 5, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVSt. Lawrence63 min
Jul 5, 9:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, St. Lawrence47 min
Jul 5, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton, Essex74 min
Jul 6, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton60 min
Jul 6, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin65 min
Jul 6, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.