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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Burlington, VT

July 6, 19994 counties in Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1999, 3:07 PM EDT for 4 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 68 min. 8 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, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1999, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Caledonia County, VT, Orange County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindBridgewater, VT
Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindRandolph, VT
Jul 6, 3:20 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWoodstock, VT
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindChester, VT
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWindsor, VT
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindLudlow, VT
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindHartland, VT
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWhite River Jct, 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, 2:51 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:51 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 27 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, 3 hours 27 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, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 6, 2:26 PM EDT, 41 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, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Rutland61 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.