Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Burlington, VT

Issued

Jul 4, 2002, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)

Expired

Jul 4, 2002, 3:00 PM EDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Burlington, VT

Area

Whole counties

County Orleans County, VT

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS51 KBTV 041806
SVRBTV
VTC019-041900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
206 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ORLEANS COUNTY IN VERMONT

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF LOWELL TO JUST 
  WEST OF CRAFTSBURY...MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR LOWELL...CRAFTSBURY...ALBANY AROUND 210 PM EDT
  NEAR COVENTRY AROUND 220 PM EDT
  NEAR ORLEANS...GLOVER...BARTON AROUND 230 PM EDT
  NEAR WESTMORE AROUND 240 PM EDT
  NEAR EAST CHARLESTON AROUND 250 PM EDT

WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INSIDE A REINFORCED
BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
SEEK INDOOR SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING THUNDERSTORMS...SEEK SHELTER IN A
DITCH. CROUCH DOWN LOW TO THE GROUND AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

.END

NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 4, 1:50 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
150 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002

TSTM ACTVTY WL GET PUSHED OUT OF AREA BY LT THIS/ERLY EVE AS FNT
SWEEPS THRU. MUCH MUCH COOLER AND DRIER CANADIAN AIR WL TAKE UP
RESIDENCE ACRS THE NORTH COUNTRY THRU THE WEEKEND.

CUD BE SOME SHWRS TMRW ACRS NRN ZNS AS TROF ROTATES ARND LOW. AFT
THAT NO PCPN XPCTD FOR A FEW DAYS. NO HEAT WAVES XPCTD IN THE NXT
WEEK.

.BTV...SVR TSTM WATCH VTZ001>012...NYZ027>031-034-035 TIL 22Z.

MCGILL

In the hours before

NYC019-031-033-VTC001-005-007-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-
027-042200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1243 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002

...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND ALL OF VERMONT UNTIL
600 PM EDT...

IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF...CLINTON...FRANKLIN
AND ESSEX. IN VERMONT THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES
OF...ESSEX...GRAND ISLE...FRANKLIN...ORLEANS...LAMOILLE...
CALEDONIA...CHITTENDEN...WASHINGTON...ADDISON...ORANGE...WINDSOR AND
RUTLAND.

A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING DOWN ACROSS THE REGION TODAY FROM THE
NORTH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION TODAY
AHEAD OF THIS FRONT.

PERSONS WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VERMONT.

MURRAY/WFO BTV

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.