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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Burlington, VT

June 10, 2008Franklin County, St. Lawrence County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 11:51 AM EDT for Franklin County, St. Lawrence County, New York. It was in force for 54 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 10, 2008, 11:51 AM EDT (15:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2008, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 10:02 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2008-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1481 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 2008-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
1481 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 10, 10:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 10:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 10:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1018 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-111430-
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-
1018 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...TORNADO WATCH 499 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

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

   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN HAS BEEN ACTIVATED FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK FOR
TODAY. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER
REPORTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 10:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1031 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-102200-
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
1031 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF
VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK...UNTIL 6PM THIS EVENING. A STRONG
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND CROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
WITH HOT AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE REGION...CONDITIONS ARE RIPE
FOR MANY OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...ALONG WITH DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO
THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND SEEK
SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO, COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

JMG
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 10:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1046 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-101645-
NORTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHWESTERN ST.
LAWRENCE-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN
ESSEX-EASTERN CLINTON-WESTERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
INCLUDING...CANTON...MALONE...MASSENA...NEWCOMB...OGDENSBURG...
PLATTSBURGH...POTSDAM AND SARANAC LAKE
1046 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND
VERMONT...

AT 1042 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN NEW YORK MOVING NORTHEAST AT
48 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE REACHING SOUTHWESTERN SAINT LAWRENCE
COUNTY BY SHORTLY AFTER NOON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WHICH ARE DOWNING
TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR
VEHICLE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER MAY ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

JAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVGrand Isle65 min
Jun 10, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden, Grand Isle46 min
Jun 10, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Washington55 min
Jun 10, 2:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBTVChittenden2 hr
Jun 10, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden, Lamoille, Orange, Rutland, Washington65 min
Jun 10, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans55 min
Jun 10, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Caledonia, Essex, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans and 3 more53 min
Jun 10, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex, Orange24 min
Jun 10, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVRutland, Windsor48 min
Jun 10, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVRutland, Windsor63 min
Jun 10, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Washington58 min
Jun 10, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans, Washington63 min
Jun 10, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Caledonia, Orange, Washington, Windsor48 min
Jun 10, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, St. Lawrence63 min
Jun 10, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton, Essex39 min
Jun 10, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, St. Lawrence41 min
Jun 10, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.