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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 499

July 9, 20074 counties in New York; 9 counties in Vermont

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 9, 2007, 4:42 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York; 9 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2007, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2007, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt

Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Addison County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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 SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, St. Lawrence58 min
Jul 9, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton54 min
Jul 9, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin13 min
Jul 9, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden64 min
Jul 9, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton, Essex59 min
Jul 9, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVWashington67 min
Jul 9, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison55 min
Jul 9, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin58 min
Jul 9, 7:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVFranklin118 min
Jul 9, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOrange58 min
Jul 9, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOrange60 min
Jul 9, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVRutland53 min
Jul 9, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin53 min
Jul 9, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVWindsor59 min
Jul 9, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden37 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 12:49 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Chenango, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer, Lewis and 9 more56 min
Jul 9, 10:56 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClinton, Essex, Franklin, Warren, Washington64 min
Jul 9, 11:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence6 hr
Jul 9, 1:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Fulton and 13 more95 min
Jul 9, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua and 38 more7 hr
Jul 9, 4:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua and 41 more117 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Vermont, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 2007Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.