Alert archive / Vermont / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2002, 3:55 PM EDT for Caledonia County, Orange County, Vermont. It was in force for 65 min. 3 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
- Jun 26, 2002, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Caledonia County, VT, Orange County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 26, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamstown, VT | |
| Jun 26, 4:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | East Burke, VT | |
| Jun 26, 4:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyndonville, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBTV 261955 SVRBTV VTC005-017-262100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT ISSUED BY NWS GRAY ME 353 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VERMONT CALEDONIA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 353 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXITING THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY IN VERMONT. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH...PASSING THROUGH CALEDONIA AND NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTIES. DAMAGAING WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE BURLINGTON AREA WITH THESE STORMS. LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BURLINGTON. $$ JC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin, Lamoille | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Washington | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Lamoille, Orleans | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison | 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.