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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Burlington, VT

May 10, 2000Addison County, Washington County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2000, 6:58 PM EDT for Addison County, Washington County, Vermont. It was in force for 4 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, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2000, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Addison County, VT, Washington County, VT

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2000-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2000-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KBTV 102259
FFWBTV
VTC001-023-110300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
658 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN VERMONT
  ADDISON COUNTY IN VERMONT

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING ACROSS THIS AREA WITH RAINFALL RATES OF
  1/4 TO 1/2 INCH AN HOUR. MESONET AND RADAR INDICATE UP TO AN
  INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 4 PM.     
  
  RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR
  MORE LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WORCESTER...WATERBURY...
  WARREN...WAITSFIELD...SOUTH LINCOLN...BARRE...SALISBURY...
  ROXBURY...RIPTON...PLAINFIELD...NORTHFIELD...NEW HAVEN...
  MORETOWN...MIDDLESEX...MARSHFIELD...HANKSVILLE...CORNWALL...
  CABOT AND BRISTOL.

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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
BURLINGTON.

$$

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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.