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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Burlington, VT

June 9, 2005Addison County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2005, 6:46 PM EDT for Addison County, Vermont. It was in force for 92 min. 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 9, 2005, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2005, 8:18 PM EDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Addison County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2005-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-278 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 9, 1:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
155 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
MAIN SHORT TERM WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE WARM...HAZY AND HUMID
CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH A DAILY CHC OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS
BROAD SUBTROPICAL HIGH DOMINATES AND POLAR JET AXIS RETREATS
NORTHWARD INTO CANADA. LATEST SYNOPTIC MAP NOW INDICATING WEAK SFC
TROUGH ACROSS AREA YESTERDAY HAS VIRTUALLY DISSOLVED TODAY DUE TO
AMPLE MIXING AND BROAD SW FLOW ALOFT. FCST AREA TO REMAIN ON
PERIPHERAL SW FLOW ON BACK SIDE OF BERMUDA SFC HIGH AND UNDER BROAD
MID LVL RIDGE AXIS THROUGH THE ENTIRE SHORT TERM...WITH AIRMASS
RESEMBLING MORE OF A SUMMERTIME SOUTHEASTERN U.S. PATTERN THAN ONE
IN NEW ENGLAND. WITH LACK OF ANY STRONG FORCING MECHANISM...
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BE PRIMARILY AIRMASS IN NATURE...WITH
INITIAL TRIGGERING ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND ACROSS HIGHER
TERRAIN EARLY IN THE DAY. WILL THUS HIGHLIGHT HIGHER CHC POPS DURING
AFTERNOON HOURS EACH DAY...AND LOWER TO SLT CHC POPS DURING
OVERNIGHT PERIODS. WBZ HEIGHTS APPEAR HIGH ENOUGH AND BNDRY LYR TO
MID LVL WIND PROFILES APPEAR WEAK ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE WIDESPREAD SVR
THREAT AT THIS TIME. MAIN CONCERN WOULD BE HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO
WARM CLOUD DEPTHS OF 3-4 KM...AND RELATIVELY HIGH EQ LVLS.
TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN WARM...AND PER LATEST 850 HPA TEMP PROGS OF
15-17C ACROSS AREA TOMORROW THROUGH SUNDAY...AGREE WITH LAST NIGHTS
IDEA OF NUDGING MAX TEMPS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN MOS ACROSS THE BOARD
HERE. SUMMERTIME NATURE OF AIRMASS...ALONG WITH LIGHT BNDRY LYR FLOW
ALSO ARGUES FOR HAZY CONDTIONS DURING DAY...AND PATCHY FOG DURING
OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESP ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL DURING
PRIOR AFTERNOON.
&&

.LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...
CHANGEABLE WEATHER IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT
PUSHING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
EXPECT COOLER TEMPS ACROSS THE EASTERN SEGMENT OF THE FORECAST
AREA...WITH TEMPS WARMING AS YOU HEAD WEST. ON WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY...AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING TROPICAL
MOISTURE INTO THE STATIONARY FRONT. RESULT OF ALL THIS IS LOW CHC
POPS THRU THE PERIOD. CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BACKDOOR FRONT
MONDAY/TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY WARM FRONTAL SITUATION WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY WILL ALL KEEP A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST.
&&

.AVIATION...
CONVECTION STARTING TO POP ACROSS NRN ADRNDKS ATTM.  THIS IS THE
MAIN AVIATION CONCERN INTO THE EVENING.  WILL SEE AREAS OF FOG AND
HAZE OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY WHERE PCPN OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT
VSBYS TO DROP TO BELOW 1 MILE IN SPOTS TNT...ESPECIALLY IN THE
ADIRONDACK VLYS.
&&

.BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VT...NONE.
NY...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...JMG
LONG TERM...GH
AVIATION...CM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:06 AM EDT, 14 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
406 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2005

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-100805-
CALEDONIA VT-EASTERN ADDISON VT-EASTERN CHITTENDEN VT-
EASTERN CLINTON NY-EASTERN ESSEX NY-EASTERN FRANKLIN VT-
EASTERN RUTLAND VT-ESSEX VT-GRAND ISLE VT-LAMOILLE VT-
NORTHERN FRANKLIN NY-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-ORANGE VT-ORLEANS VT-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY-
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-WASHINGTON VT-WESTERN ADDISON VT-
WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-WESTERN CLINTON NY-WESTERN ESSEX NY-
WESTERN FRANKLIN VT-WESTERN RUTLAND VT-WINDSOR VT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...BETHEL...BRANDON...BURLINGTON...
CANAAN...CANTON...DANBY...ESSEX JUNCTION...FAIR HAVEN...MALONE...
MASSENA...MIDDLEBURY...MONTPELIER...MORRISVILLE...NEWCOMB...
NEWPORT...OGDENSBURG...PLATTSBURGH...POTSDAM...RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...
SARANAC LAKE...SOUTH BURLINGTON...SPRINGFIELD...ST. ALBANS...
ST. JOHNSBURY...SWANTON...VERGENNES...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...
WILLSBORO AND WINOOSKI
406 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AS WELL AS
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:
A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK INTO SOUTHERN
VERMONT THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTH TOWARD NORTHERN NEW YORK
AND CENTRAL VERMONT BY THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL PUSH A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS INTO THE REGION TODAY...WHICH WILL
CREATE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY. THIS INSTABILITY AND DAYTIME
HEATING WILL HELP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRST DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS BY
3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL SLOWLY TRACK EAST INTO CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN VERMONT BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN
THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL
HAIL...AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR
RECEIVING HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE ACROSS ESSEX COUNTY NEW
YORK AND SOUTH OF A BURLINGTON TO SAINT JOHNSBURY LINE IN VERMONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY:
MORE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

SPOTTERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON.

TABER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
452 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     HAIL             LYNDONVILLE             44.53N 72.00W
06/09/2005  0.88 INCH        CALEDONIA          VT   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LAHIFF
Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
512 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0447 PM     HAIL             LYNDONVILLE             44.53N 72.00W
06/09/2005  1.00 INCH        CALEDONIA          VT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER TO 1/2 DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED

&&

LAHIFF
Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:26 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:34 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
634 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005

VTZ010-092330-
ORANGE-

AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM NEAR TUNBRIDGE IN ORANGE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ORANGE COUNTY THROUGH
700 PM AND IMPACT THE COMMUNITIES OF STRAFFORD...POST MILLS...AND
AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 91 BETWEEN EXIT 15 AND THETFORD.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM.

EVENSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Washington62 min
Jun 9, 4:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVWashington3 hr
Jun 9, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison57 min
Jun 9, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVEssex37 min
Jun 9, 5:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVEssex3 hr

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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.