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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Burlington, VT

June 5, 2002Franklin County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2002, 7:47 PM EDT for Franklin County, Vermont. It was in force for 6 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
Jun 5, 2002, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2002, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 2002-06-05Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2002-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 430 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
454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
430 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
454 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 052347
FFWBTV
VTC011-060530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
746 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN VERMONT

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.

* AT 746 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND WEATHER 
SPOTTERS INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING 
FLASH FLOODING IN EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY.  WASHOUTS HAVE OCCURRED 
ON ROUTE 58 BETWEEN MONTGOMERY CENTER AND LOWELL AND SMALL STREAMS 
HAVE ALSO OVERFLOWED THEIR BANKS IN THIS AREA.  AREAS ALONG THE 
TROUT RIVER FROM MONTGOMERY CENTER TO EAST BERKSHIRE WILL LIKELY 
EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG ROUTE 118 FROM EAST BERKSHIRE TO 
MONTGOMERY CENTER. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 
ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY AS WATER LEVELS RISE.

$$

LAT...LON 4483 7296 4475 7281 4486 7262 4511 7271
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KBTV 060247 CCA
FFSBTV
VTC011-060530-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED COUNTY UGC CODE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1017 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR FRANKLIN 
COUNTY VERMONT...

STATE POLICE IN SAINT ALBANS CONTINUE TO REPORT HIGH WATER ACROSS 
PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY VERMONT...ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS WERE 
BEGINNING TO SLOWLY RECEDE.  NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A 
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING LED TO THE 
FLASH FLOODING.  WATER WAS CONTINUING TO COVER ROADS IN 
MONTGOMERY...RICHFORD...ENOSBURG...AND SAINT ALBANS AS OF LATE 
TONIGHT.  MANY BASEMENTS WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN SAINT ALBANS AND 
STREAMS WERE OVER THEIR BANKS IN EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY... 
ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE MONTGOMERY AREA.  AREAS ALONG THE TROUT 
RIVER...FROM MONTGOMERY TO EAST BERKSHIRE...MAY STILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE 
TO FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT.  RADAR TRENDS ARE SHOWING THAT THE 
PRECIPITATION IS DECREASING IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE OVER THE 
AREA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY 
AS WATER LEVELS RISE.

$$

LAT...LON 4474 7316 4466 7293 4486 7272 4500 7258
          4499 7312

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.