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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Burlington, VT

June 1, 2004Clinton County, Franklin County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2004, 6:10 PM EDT for Clinton County, Franklin County, New York. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2004, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2004, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clinton County, NY, Franklin County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 255 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 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.

686 
WFUS51 KBTV 012210
TORBTV
NYC019-033-012245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
609 PM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK
  NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 606 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 8
  MILES WEST OF CHURUBUSCO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR CHURUBUSCO AROUND 615 PM
  NEAR ELLENBURG DEPOT AROUND 625 PM
  6 MILES NORTH OF SCIOTA AROUND 645 PM

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE
IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR
BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4504 7418 4486 7416 4487 7338 4511 7338 

$$

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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.