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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT for Franklin County, St. Lawrence County, New York. 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
- May 10, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2000, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 362 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KBTV 102030 FFWBTV NYC033-089-102330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 430 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NEW YORK ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NEW YORK * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 419 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS SAINT LAWRENCE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING RUSSELL... POTSDAM AND CANTON AS WELL AS BETWEEN LAKE PLACID AND STAR LAKE. * RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS FRANKLIN AND PORTIONS OF SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH EXPECTED. ALREADY...LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN EDWARDS AND TUPPER LAKE. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WEST BANGOR...WANAKENA... TUPPER LAKE...TROUT RIVER...ST. REGIS FALLS...SOUTH COLTON... SARANAC...PIERCEFIELD...PAUL SMITHS...NORWOOD...LAWRENCEVILLE... HOGANSBURG...FORT COVINGTON...FINE...DUANE CENTER...CRANBERRY LAKE...CHILDWOLD AND CHASM FALLS 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BURLINGTON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | St. Lawrence | 57 min |
| May 10, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | St. Lawrence | 39 min |
| May 10, 1:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | St. Lawrence | 3 hr |
| May 10, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin | 57 min |
| May 10, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 46 min |
| May 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Franklin | 3 hr |
| May 10, 7:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Franklin | 2 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.