Alert archive / Vermont / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2002, 9:32 PM EDT for Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 5, 2002, 9:32 PM EDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2002, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado F2 | Windham, 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 nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 2173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 14.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KALY 060132 SVRALY VTC025-060230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 932 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 929 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILMINGTON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF STRATTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... JACKSONVILLE AND WEST DOVER AT 935 PM EDT MARLBORO AT 945 PM EDT WEST DUMMERSTON AND NEWFANE AT 950 PM EDT BRATTLEBORO AND VERNON AT 955 PM EDT PUTNEY AT 1000 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. $$ LAT...LON 4295 7301 4276 7300 4272 7205 4305 7204
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.