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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2006, 5:56 PM EDT for Orange County, Vermont. It was in force for 37 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, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2006, 6:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Orange County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 20, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, 3:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 352 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY WITH SCATTERED/NUMEROUS TSTMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HERE AT KBTV...WE OBSERVED A 47KT ASOS GUST AND NUMEROUS ONE INCH HAILSTONES JUST PRIOR TO 17Z...AS HAIL SHAFT PROGRESSED RIGHT ACROSS THE AIRPORT. SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE PUSHING EWD THIS EVENING AND EXITING THE FORECAST AREA. SFC COLD FRONT IS COINCIDENT WITH BACK EDGE OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...EXTENDING AT 1930Z FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY VERMONT WSWWD ACROSS THE NRN ADIRONDACKS. WINDS HAVE BECOMING NWLY IN THE ST. LAWRENCE VLY AND WILL BECOME NWLY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH SOME LOW-LEVEL DRYING OCCURS IN POST-FRONTAL REGIME /WITH DEWPOINTS FALLING INTO THE LOW TO MID 50S/ CLEARING SKIES LATE AND SATURATED GROUND SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME PATCHY FOG FROM THE ADIRONDACKS EWD ACROSS VT. TOMORROW...HIGH PRESSURE TRANSLATES EWD ACROSS THE FA...BRINGING MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS AND AFTN TEMPS IN THE MID/UPPER 70S...PERHAPS REACHING 80 IN THE CHAMPLAIN VLY. A PREVAILING FAST ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE NRN CONUS QUICKLY BRINGS A N-S ORIENTED WARM FRONT AND LOW-MID LEVEL WARM ADVECTION REGIME BACK INTO THE NERN CONUS TOMORROW NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TOMORROW NIGHT...WITH HIGHEST POPS ACROSS FAR WRN FA. THESE SHOWERS SHOULD SPREAD EWD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FA ON THURSDAY. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM TRACKS NW-SE ACROSS THE FA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY PER 12Z GFS. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A DIMINISHING THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE FRIDAY ACROSS THE NRN ZONES...PER CURRENT INDICATIONS. HAVE LESSENED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF OUR FA AFTER 18Z FRIDAY. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... STORM SYS LOOKS TO SLIDE BY TO THE SOUTH OF THE FA ON FRI NITE/SAT...WITH HI PRESS AFFECTING THE FA FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. HAVE INITIALLY HELD ONTO CHC/SCHC POPS ACRS THE FA ON FRI NITE/SAT AND SCHC POPS FOR NEXT TUE FOR ANY -SHRA THEN. DRY WX EXPECTED ACRS THE REST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. LOADED IN THE LATEST HPC DEWPT/WIND DATA...WITH JUST A FEW TWEAKS TO OUR GOING TEMP GRIDS. && .AVIATION... DID NOT SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON THE TAFS DUE TO SHORTER-TERM WX CONCERNS. SCT CONVECTION TO MOVE ACRS THE FA FROM THE WEST INTO THIS EVENING. MAYBE SOME FG IN THE MTNS OVRNITE TONITE? SFC WINDS TO BECOME MORE W-NW AFTER CFROPA TODAY. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...BANACOS LONG TERM...MURRAY AVIATION...MURRAY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:15 AM EDT, 13 hours 41 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
Local storm report, Jun 20, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
400 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM HAIL FAIRFIELD 44.80N 72.95W
06/20/2006 E0.88 INCH FRANKLIN VT POST OFFICE
&&
MBLocal storm report, Jun 20, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
436 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1241 PM HAIL STANNARD 44.53N 72.22W
06/20/2006 M1.00 INCH CALEDONIA VT PUBLIC
LASTED FOR 5-MINS...WITH LT WINDS
1247 PM TSTM WND GST SOUTH BURLINGTON 44.45N 73.22W
06/20/2006 M54.00 MPH CHITTENDEN VT ASOS
AT KBTV
1255 PM HAIL SOUTH BURLINGTON 44.45N 73.22W
06/20/2006 M1.00 INCH CHITTENDEN VT NWS EMPLOYEE
AT WFO BTV
0100 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW ORWELL 43.77N 73.34W
06/20/2006 ADDISON VT PUBLIC
TREE BRANCHES DOWN AND NO POWER NEAR ORWELL
0100 PM TSTM WND DMG ESSEX JUNCTION 44.49N 73.11W
06/20/2006 CHITTENDEN VT NWS EMPLOYEE
LARGE OAK TREE DOWN AND BLOCKING RT. 15. POWER IS OUT AND
ROAD IS CLOSED.
0105 PM TSTM WND DMG WILLISTON 44.43N 73.07W
06/20/2006 CHITTENDEN VT NWS EMPLOYEE
SMALL TREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
0110 PM TSTM WND GST ST. JOHNSBURY 44.43N 72.01W
06/20/2006 M35.00 MPH CALEDONIA VT TRAINED SPOTTER
0110 PM HAIL ST. JOHNSBURY 44.43N 72.01W
06/20/2006 M0.50 INCH CALEDONIA VT TRAINED SPOTTER
0115 PM HAIL CONCORD 44.43N 71.89W
06/20/2006 E1.00 INCH ESSEX VT PUBLIC
0115 PM TSTM WND DMG CONCORD 44.43N 71.89W
06/20/2006 ESSEX VT PUBLIC
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES.
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG BENSON 43.71N 73.31W
06/20/2006 RUTLAND VT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS RT 22A.
0130 PM HAIL ST. JOHNSBURY 44.43N 72.01W
06/20/2006 E0.50 INCH CALEDONIA VT PUBLIC
AT THE ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY...TIME APPROXIMATE.
0150 PM TSTM WND DMG RICHMOND 44.40N 73.00W
06/20/2006 CHITTENDEN VT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES DOWN IN THE TOWN OF RICHMOND
0155 PM HAIL PITTSFIELD 43.78N 72.82W
06/20/2006 E0.25 INCH RUTLAND VT PUBLIC
REPORTED AT TOWN CLERKS OFFICE.
0200 PM TSTM WND DMG KILLINGTON 43.67N 72.77W
06/20/2006 RUTLAND VT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS ROUTE 100.
0225 PM HAIL SWANTON 44.92N 73.12W
06/20/2006 M0.25 INCH FRANKLIN VT TRAINED SPOTTER
0239 PM HAIL ST. ALBANS 44.81N 73.08W
06/20/2006 E0.25 INCH FRANKLIN VT TRAINED SPOTTER
AT EXIT 20 ON I-89
0255 PM HAIL FAIRFIELD 44.80N 72.95W
06/20/2006 E0.88 INCH FRANKLIN VT POST OFFICE
0340 PM HAIL 5 SW WESTFORD 44.57N 73.09W
06/20/2006 M0.75 INCH CHITTENDEN VT TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MBLocal storm report, Jun 20, 4:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
447 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM HAIL ST. JOHNSBURY 44.43N 72.01W
06/20/2006 E0.88 INCH CALEDONIA VT LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
MBLocal storm report, Jun 20, 5:07 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
507 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E DANVILLE 44.41N 72.06W
06/20/2006 CALEDONIA VT TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN...ROOF DAMAGE...AND ANTENNA BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
&&
MBLocal storm report, Jun 20, 5:24 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Essex | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Essex | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Lamoille | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison | 45 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 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.