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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT

June 12, 2007Rutland County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2007, 3:43 PM EDT for Rutland County, Vermont. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2007, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Whole counties

County Rutland County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 4:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOODWallingford, VTTOWN ROADS DAMAGED ACROSS WALLINGFORD. 18 INCH CULVERT OVERWHELMED...ROAD SURFACE DAMAGED...AND DEBRIS WASHED ONTO ROAD.
Jun 12, 5:16 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Se East Clarendon, VTWASHOUT OF LOGGING ROAD ONTO HIGHWAY. ROCKS AND WATER ON ROADWAY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2007-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 189 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KBTV 121944
FFWBTV
VTC021-122245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
343 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RUTLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
  RUTLAND...WALLINGFORD...SOUTH WALLINGFORD...SHREWSBURY...RUTLAND...
  MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS...PROCTOR...NORTH CLARENDON...CUTTINGSVILLE AND
  BELMONT

AREAS EXPERIENCING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ARE NEAR DANBY FOUR 
CORNERS. BAKER BROOK ALONG SCOTTSVILLE ROAD...AND AREAS DOWNSTREAM 
OF DANBY POND THROUGH DANBY FOUR CORNERS ALONG BROOK ROAD AND DANBY 
MOUNTAIN ROAD ARE UNDER THE GREATEST FLASH FLOOD THREAT. 

ADDITIONAL STORMS OVER WALLINGFORD WILL MOVE THROUGH THE DANBY FOUR 
CORNERS AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 4331 7325 4331 7287 4359 7278 4367 7307

$$

HANSON
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KBTV 122106
FFSBTV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
505 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

VTC021-122245-
RUTLAND VT-
505 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN RUTLAND COUNTY...

AT 501 PM EDT...RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES CONTINUED TO INDICATE THE 
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IN SOUTHERN RUTLAND COUNTY. THE 
HEAVIEST RAIN HAS COME TO AN END...BUT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
THE EVENING.

MILL BROOK NEAR DANBY AND DANBY FOUR CORNERS...AS WELL AS OTTER 
CREEK FROM WALLINGFORD TO SOUTH WALLINGFORD HAVE RECEIVED THE 
HEAVIEST RAINFALL. BROOK ROAD...DANBY MOUNTAIN ROAD...SCOTTSVILLE 
ROAD...WILL SEE HIGH WATER.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
RUTLAND...WALLINGFORD...SHREWSBURY...RUTLAND...MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS...
PROCTOR...NORTH CLARENDON AND CUTTINGSVILLE

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 4331 7325 4331 7287 4359 7278 4367 7307

$$

HANSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison60 min
Jun 12, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison55 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.