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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2008, 3:59 PM EDT for Windsor County, Vermont. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 19, 2008, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2008, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Windsor County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 19, 3:34 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:34 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 138 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 NYZ026>031-087-VTZ001>008-016-017-201745- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX- WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-EASTERN FRANKLIN- EASTERN CHITTENDEN- 138 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT AND NORTHWEST VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN NEW YORK...AS WELL AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT BY 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THEY TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWN POURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE ONE TO TWO INCHES...WHICH COMBINED WITH YESTERDAYS RAINFALL...COULD PRODUCE MINOR POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL AFFECT THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH A RETURN OF A MORE WIDESPREAD THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TOP CONTINUED HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE RUNOFF DUE TO NEAR SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED. NYZ034-035-VTZ009>012-018-019-201745- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND- 138 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 702 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL AFFECT THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH A RETURN OF A MORE WIDESPREAD THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TOP CONTINUED HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE RUNOFF DUE TO NEAR SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 149 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 NYZ034-035-VTZ009-018-191845- EASTERN ADDISON-WESTERN ADDISON-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN ESSEX- INCLUDING...MIDDLEBURY 149 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 AT 146 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER UNDERWOOD IN CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR MORIAH...MINEVILLE BY 200 PM...NEAR D A R STATE PARK...CROWN POINT BY 210 PM...NEAR CROWN POINT CENTER BY 220 PM...NEAR BRIDPORT BY 230 PM...NEAR CORNWALL...5 MILES SOUTH OF WEYBRIDGE BY 240 PM...NEAR MIDDLEBURY AND EAST MIDDLEBURY BY 250 PM. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BANACOS
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 11:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BTV | Caledonia, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland, Windsor | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Orange, Windsor | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland, Windsor | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 3:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BTV | Addison, Orange | 117 min |
| Jul 19, 12:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BTV | Clinton, Franklin | 3 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.