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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Burlington, VT

June 20, 2006Addison County, Vermont; Essex County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2006, 12:09 PM EDT for Addison County, Vermont; Essex County, New York. It was in force for 66 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 20, 2006, 12:09 PM EDT (16:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2006, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Essex County, NY, Addison County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2006-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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 2006-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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 20, 9:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 9:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:15 AM EDT, 7 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
415 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-210815-
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-
CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-
WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
415 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW
YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT
AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LOW PRESSURE ACROSS EASTERN CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST
TODAY...DRAGGING A SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AS A RESULT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY. THE
ACTIVITY SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK THIS
MORNING...AND SPREAD EAST INTO VERMONT FROM LATE MORNING INTO THIS
AFTERNOON. WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DOES NOT APPEAR AS
GREAT OR AS WIDESPREAD AS ON MONDAY...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY
NONETHELESS BECOME STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THIS
MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. AT THIS
TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT OF STRONGER STORMS
TODAY SHOULD OCCUR FROM THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY EASTWARD. BY
TONIGHT...MEAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EAST INTO THE
REGION...WITH GRADUALLY CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. EXPECTED PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES DURING WEDNESDAY...THEN A
CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY LATER WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS ENERGY FROM THE MIDWEST MOVES EAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

JMG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 9:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
941 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-201545-
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-
CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-
WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH...
STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...
LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...
GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT...
ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...
MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...
RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS...
RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...
KILLINGTON
941 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY AGAIN TODAY...

A SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY OF
NORTHERN NEW YORK AT 9 AM...WILL PROGRESS SEWD ACROSS THE
NORTH COUNTRY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. LOW-LEVELS REMAIN
MOIST IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT...AND PARTIAL SUNSHINE THIS MORNING
IS ALLOWING FOR AIR MASS DESTABILIZATION. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR
SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME NUMEROUS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
VERMONT BY MID AFTERNOON.

WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DOES NOT APPEAR AS GREAT OR AS
WIDESPREAD AS ON MONDAY...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY NONETHELESS
BECOME STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AN ISOLATED SEVERE
STORM IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...IT
APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT OF STRONGER STORMS TODAY SHOULD
OCCUR FROM THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY EASTWARD.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND
UPDATES.

BANACOS
Local storm report, Jun 20, 9:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
942 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

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

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ISLAND POND             44.81N 71.89W
06/19/2006                   ESSEX              VT   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            ONE 8-10 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN...ALONG WITH SEVERAL
            TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES THROUGHOUT BRIGHTON STATE PARK.

&&

TABER
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:09 AM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1109 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006 NYZ031-034-035-201615-

AT 1100 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER WILMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR NORTH JAY...AUSABLE FORKS BY 1120 AM...
NEAR CLINTONVILLE BY 1130 AM...NEAR EXIT 33 I87 BY 1140 AM...NEAR
PORT DOUGLASS BY 1150 AM...NEAR WILLSBORO POINT AND PORT KENT BY
NOON.

A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED SMALL HAIL AT WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN
AT 1110 AM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM
WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

TABER
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:09 AM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1109 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006
NYZ031-034-035-201615-

AT 1100 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER WILMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR NORTH JAY...AUSABLE FORKS BY 1120 AM...
NEAR CLINTONVILLE BY 1130 AM...NEAR EXIT 33 I87 BY 1140 AM...NEAR
PORT DOUGLASS BY 1150 AM...NEAR WILLSBORO POINT AND PORT KENT BY
NOON.

A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED SMALL HAIL AT WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN
AT 1110 AM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM
WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

TABER
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:59 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1159 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

NYZ028-035-VTZ001-002-005-009-011-016>019-201800-
EASTERN CLINTON-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN ADDISON-WESTERN RUTLAND-
EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...PORT HENRY...
TICONDEROGA...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...BURLINGTON...
MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...RUTLAND...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...
UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON
1159 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

AT NOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY...MOVING GENERALLY EAST...NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25
MPH. THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...AS WELL AS HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ACROSS THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE SPINE OF THE
GREEN MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTHWARD INTO RUTLAND COUNTY. LIGHTNING
ACTIVITY IS ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH THESE STORMS.

IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

VTZ003-004-006>008-010-012-201800-
ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-ORANGE-WINDSOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...
STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...
SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION
1159 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006

AT NOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM
ORLEANS COUNTY SOUTHWARD INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY...MOVING GENERALLY
EAST...NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT
1-2 HOURS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
SURFACE WINDS...AS WELL AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN AND
EASTERN VERMONT. LIGHTNING ACTIVITY IS ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE
WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

BANACOS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 12:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden41 min
Jun 20, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex25 min
Jun 20, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVRutland61 min
Jun 20, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex30 min
Jun 20, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Lamoille65 min
Jun 20, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin48 min
Jun 20, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden50 min
Jun 20, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison45 min
Jun 20, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOrange37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.