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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Burlington, VT

July 9, 2007Franklin County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2007, 9:22 PM EDT for Franklin County, Vermont. It was in force for 53 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: Jul 9, 2007, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2007, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 9, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 415 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -440 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBTV 100122
SVRBTV
VTC011-100215-
/O.NEW.KBTV.SV.W.0064.070710T0122Z-070710T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
922 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.

* AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  ST. ALBANS BAY STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRFIELD AROUND 935 PM EDT.
  FLETCHER AROUND 940 PM EDT.
  BAKERSFIELD AROUND 950 PM EDT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4490 7319 4479 7257 4481 7263 4479 7264
      4480 7275 4470 7281 4471 7284 4466 7291
      4466 7297 4472 7323

$$

LAHIFF

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KBTV 100217
SVSBTV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1016 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

VTC011-100226-
/O.EXP.KBTV.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-070710T0215Z/
FRANKLIN VT-
1016 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST VERMONT EXPIRES AT 1015 PM EDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THOUGH NON SEVERE 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4490 7319 4479 7257 4481 7263 4479 7264
      4480 7275 4470 7281 4471 7284 4466 7291
      4466 7297 4472 7323

$$

LAHIFF

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 Jul 9, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
754 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
AS WARM FRONT PUSHES AWAY FROM THE AREA WARM AND HUMID WEATHER
WILL CONTINUE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE
ALONG STATIONARY FRONT WHICH WILL BE STALLED SOUTH ACROSS THE
REGION. THE BETTER CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PART OF OUR CWA. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE FORECAST
AREA WEDNESDAY BRINGING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. A MUCH COOLER AND
DRIER AIR MASS WILL OVERCOME THE AREA FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 11 PM FOR MOST OF OUR CWA.
CURRENTLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE TRACKING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
AREA. DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED. STORMS ARE
FORMING OVER AREAS THAT ALREADY HAD STORMS EARLIER TODAY. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS. BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERNMOST
PART OF OUR CWA. ALBANY SOUNDING LOOKED VERY CONDUCIVE FOR
SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT...INDICATED STRONG VEERING WINDS AND DRIER MID
LEVELS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL START TO SUBSIDE CLOSE TO
11 PM. PATCHY FOG WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY WHERE
STORMS PASSED EARLIER TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
PATCHY FOG SHOULD CLEAR UP BY ABOUT 12Z. WARM HUMID AIR AGAIN ON
TUESDAY WILL PROVIDE A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STORMS
SHOULD DWINDLE BY MIDNIGHT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. BIG CAPES
ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN. LESS FORCING TUESDAY THOUGH...SO SHOULDNT BE
A REPEAT OF TODAY/TONIGHT. TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL ALSO
SEE WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS. FINALLY...A FAIRLY STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE CWA...AGAIN BRINGING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
NO DRASTIC CHANGES MADE TO LONG TERM FORECAST. MAINLY CONCENTRATED
ON SHORT AND LONG TERM TODAY...BECAUSE OF THE VERY ACTIVE WEATHER
WE HAD THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DID NOT STRAY FAR FROM HPC AND
THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. AFTER COLD FRONT PASSAGE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...WE CAN EXPECT DRIER DAYS AS HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING COOLER
TEMPS INTO THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING...WITH LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS. EXPECT THE INTENSITY OF THE
STORMS TO DIMINISH BETWEEN 00Z-02Z. LINGERING SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDER. ALSO EXPECT SOME FOG AT ALL
TAF SITES OVERNIGHT WITH LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
AT KMPV/KSLK. ALL VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL LIFT AFTER 13Z.
JUST SCATTERED LOW AND MID CLOUDS EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING...BECOMING
BKN AT TIMES DURING PM AS SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA DEVELOP...WITH MVFR
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AS WARM FRONT LINGERS IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY TUESDAY EVENING...THEN BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP
ARRIVE WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT PROGRESSES ACROSS THE AREA. A
BRIEF LULL CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
AS AREA IS IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS. UPPER TROUGH FINALLY SWINGS THROUGH
ON FRIDAY...REINTRODUCING PRECIPITATION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL IFR POSSIBLE IN
ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...JAN
NEAR TERM...JAN
SHORT TERM...JAN
LONG TERM...JAN
AVIATION...RJS/MB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 4:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
448 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001-002-005-006-008>012-016>019-102100-
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-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-WASHINGTON-
WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-
EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-
448 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 499 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM.

ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IN THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL INTERACT WITH
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.
GIVEN...THE SPEED AND CHANGE OF DIRECTION OF THE LOW TO MID LEVEL
WIND FIELDS...AND AMOUNT OF SURFACE INSTABILITY FROM DAYTIME
HEATING...THE POTENTIAL WILL BE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OF 60
MPH OR MORE. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG COLD
FRONT. THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY WILL
HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

VTZ003-004-007-102100-
ORLEANS-ESSEX-CALEDONIA-
448 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IN THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL INTERACT WITH
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.
GIVEN...THE SPEED AND CHANGE OF DIRECTION OF THE LOW TO MID LEVEL
WIND FIELDS...AND AMOUNT OF SURFACE INSTABILITY FROM DAYTIME
HEATING...THE POTENTIAL WILL BE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG COLD
FRONT. THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY WILL
HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
806 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

VTZ012-100100-
WINDSOR-
INCLUDING...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION
806 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007

AT 800 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST HARTFORD TO WOODSTOCK...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WILDER AND WHITE RIVER JUNCTION BY 820 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK
SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER MAY ACCOMPANY THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

LAHIFF

Local storm report, Jul 9, 8:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
810 PM EDT MON JUL 09 2007

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

0740 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WILLIAMSTOWN            44.12N 72.54W
07/09/2007                   ORANGE             VT   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS DOWN REPORTED BY THE 911
            CENTER.

&&

JAN

Local storm report, Jul 9, 8:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
811 PM EDT MON JUL 09 2007

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

0805 PM     HAIL             RANDOLPH CENTER         43.94N 72.61W
07/09/2007  M0.88 INCH       ORANGE             VT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED. ALSO REPORTED AN ESTIMATED 58
            MPH GUST.

&&

JAN

Local storm report, Jul 9, 8:55 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
855 PM EDT MON JUL 09 2007

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

0825 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EAST RANDOLPH           43.94N 72.56W
07/09/2007                   ORANGE             VT   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

&&

JAN

Local storm report, Jul 9, 9:18 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
918 PM EDT MON JUL 09 2007

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

0915 PM     HAIL             RUTLAND                 43.61N 72.98W
07/09/2007  E0.88 INCH       RUTLAND            VT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RUTLAND.

&&

JAN

Local storm report, Jul 9, 9:21 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
921 PM EDT MON JUL 09 2007

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

0700 PM     HAIL             DUXBURY                 44.33N 72.75W
07/09/2007  E2.50 INCH       WASHINGTON         VT   PUBLIC

            MULTIPLE SIZE HAIL RANGING FROM GOLF BALL TO TENNIS BALL
            REPORTED WITH PICTURES.

&&

JAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Orange	60 min
Jul 9, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Rutland	53 min
Jul 9, 9:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Windsor	59 min
Jul 9, 9:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Chittenden	37 min
Jul 10, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Windsor	61 min
Jul 10, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Windsor	61 min
Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Windsor	63 min
Jul 10, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Caledonia, Orleans	90 min
Jul 10, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Windsor	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 2007 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.