Alert archive / Vermont / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2008, 3:59 PM EST for 11 counties in Vermont; 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Feb 1, 2008, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2008, 3:59 PM EST (20:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2008, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2008, 3:56 AM EST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Addison County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KBTV 312059 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 359 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR HEAVY MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LIFT INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY FRIDAY MORNING. ON FRIDAY...THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND NEW YORK AND EVENTUALLY ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK BY MIDDAY AND EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS VERMONT. INITIALLY...THE AIR MASS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW...BUT WARM AIR STREAMING IN ALOFT WILL RESULT IN A CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MOST AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY EVENING/S COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...ANY RAIN OR MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE ENDING BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN STORM TRACK...EXACT TIMING OF PRECIPITATION TYPE CHANGEOVERS AND EXACT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE. VTZ003-004-006>008-016-011000- /O.UPG.KBTV.WS.A.0002.080201T1500Z-080202T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KBTV.WS.W.0002.080201T1700Z-080202T1000Z/ ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-EASTERN FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON... STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD 359 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST VERMONT DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST VERMONT DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SLEET BY FRIDAY EVENING THEN MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING AS SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO AN HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS EVENT. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF SNOW...SLEET AND POTENTIAL ICE COULD CAUSE SOME SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ NYZ028-035-VTZ001-002-005-009-017-018-011000- /O.UPG.KBTV.WS.A.0002.080201T1500Z-080202T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KBTV.WS.W.0002.080201T1700Z-080202T1000Z/ EASTERN CLINTON-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN- WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN ADDISON-EASTERN CHITTENDEN- EASTERN ADDISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...PORT HENRY... TICONDEROGA...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...BURLINGTON... MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON 359 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT AND NEW YORK AS WELL AS THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY BRIEFLY CHANGING TO RAIN BEFORE ENDING AS SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO AN HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS EVENT. THE GREATER SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREAS. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNITIES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF SNOW...SLEET AND POTENTIAL ICE AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ VTZ010>012-019-011000- /O.UPG.KBTV.WS.A.0002.080201T1500Z-080202T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KBTV.WS.W.0002.080201T1700Z-080202T1000Z/ ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...RUTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 359 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY EVENING THEN POSSIBLY RAIN AT TIMES FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING AS SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO AN HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS EVENT. THE GREATER SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREAS. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNITIES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF SNOW...SLEET AND POTENTIAL ICE AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ NYZ026-027-029>031-034-087-011000- /O.UPG.KBTV.WS.A.0002.080201T1500Z-080202T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KBTV.WS.W.0002.080201T1700Z-080202T1000Z/ NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...STAR LAKE... SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID... OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR 359 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHERN NEW YORK DUE TO A SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. SNOW WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING AS SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO AN HALF INCH OR MORE IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS EVENT. THE GREATER SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREAS ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...BRISK EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF SNOW...SLEET AND POTENTIAL ICE AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ WHITTIER
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBTV 010934 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 434 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR HEAVY MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY... .A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK BY THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS VERMONT TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK BY MID MORNING AND ACROSS VERMONT DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. INITIALLY...THE AIR MASS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW...BUT WARM AIR STREAMING IN ALOFT WILL RESULT IN A CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MOST AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY EVENING/S COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH PRECIPITATION FALLING LARGELY AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY. THE VALLEYS OF SOUTHERN VERMONT MAY SEE A TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME THIS EVENING. LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...ANY MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION OR RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEYS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION. THE ICE POTENTIAL IS LIKELY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HAZARD...ACCUMULATING A QUARTER TO HALF INCH ACROSS SOME AREAS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...WITH POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES...AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD ICY ROAD CONDITIONS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>008-016-017-012215- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0002.080201T1700Z-080202T1000Z/ 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-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN- 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...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL 434 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT AND ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK BY MID MORNING AND ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD ICY CONDITIONS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS VERY LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...AND SHOULD BE HIGHEST ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEW YORK. ICE ACCUMULATION OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES BEGINNING THIS EVENING. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE AND THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER STORM WITH VERY COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS WILL BE RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN LITTLE OR NO TIRE TRACTION ON ANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ VTZ009>012-018-019-012215- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0002.080201T1700Z-080202T1000Z/ WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD... RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION... BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON 434 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT LATE THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD ICY CONDITIONS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOW FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATION WILL ALSO BE A SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND A QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES BEGINNING THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTH COUNTRY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE AND THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. THE RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER STORM WITH VERY COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS WILL BE RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN LITTLE OR NO TIRE TRACTION ON ANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ BANACOS
000 WWUS41 KBTV 011059 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 559 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR HEAVY MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY... .A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK BY THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS VERMONT TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK BY MID MORNING AND ACROSS VERMONT DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. INITIALLY...THE AIR MASS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW... BUT WARM AIR STREAMING IN ALOFT WILL RESULT IN A CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MOST AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY EVENING/S COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH PRECIPITATION FALLING LARGELY AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY. THE VALLEYS OF SOUTHERN VERMONT MAY SEE A TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME THIS EVENING. LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...ANY MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION OR RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEYS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION. THE ICE POTENTIAL IS LIKELY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HAZARD...ACCUMULATING A QUARTER TO HALF INCH ACROSS SOME AREAS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...WITH POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES...AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD ICY ROAD CONDITIONS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>008-016-017-011900- /O.EXT.KBTV.WS.W.0002.080201T1400Z-080202T1000Z/ 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-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN- 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...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL 559 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT...AND NORTHERN NEW YORK. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK BY MID MORNING AND ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD ICY CONDITIONS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS VERY LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...AND SHOULD BE HIGHEST ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEW YORK. ICE ACCUMULATION OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES BEGINNING THIS EVENING. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE AND THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER STORM WITH VERY COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS WILL BE RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN LITTLE OR NO TIRE TRACTION ON ANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ VTZ009>012-018-019-011900- /O.EXT.KBTV.WS.W.0002.080201T1400Z-080202T1000Z/ WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD... RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION... BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON 559 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT BY MID MORNING. THE SNOW WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD ICY CONDITIONS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOW FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATION WILL ALSO BE A SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND A QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES BEGINNING THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTH COUNTRY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE AND THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. THE RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER STORM WITH VERY COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS WILL BE RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN LITTLE OR NO TIRE TRACTION ON ANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ BANACOS
000 WWUS41 KBTV 011103 CCA WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 559 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR HEAVY MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY... .A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK BY THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS VERMONT TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK BY MID MORNING AND ACROSS VERMONT DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. INITIALLY...THE AIR MASS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW... BUT WARM AIR STREAMING IN ALOFT WILL RESULT IN A CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MOST AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY EVENING/S COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH PRECIPITATION FALLING LARGELY AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY. THE VALLEYS OF SOUTHERN VERMONT MAY SEE A TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME THIS EVENING. LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...ANY MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION OR RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEYS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION. THE ICE POTENTIAL IS LIKELY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HAZARD...ACCUMULATING A QUARTER TO HALF INCH ACROSS SOME AREAS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...WITH POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES...AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD ICY ROAD CONDITIONS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>008-016-017-012100- /O.EXT.KBTV.WS.W.0002.080201T1400Z-080202T1000Z/ 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-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN- 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...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL 559 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT...AND NORTHERN NEW YORK. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK BY MID MORNING AND ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD ICY CONDITIONS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS VERY LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...AND SHOULD BE HIGHEST ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEW YORK. ICE ACCUMULATION OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES BEGINNING THIS EVENING. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE AND THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER STORM WITH VERY COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS WILL BE RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN LITTLE OR NO TIRE TRACTION ON ANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ VTZ009>012-018-019-012100- /O.EXT.KBTV.WS.W.0002.080201T1400Z-080202T1000Z/ WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD... RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION... BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON 559 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT BY MID MORNING. THE SNOW WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD ICY CONDITIONS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOW FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATION WILL ALSO BE A SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND A QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES BEGINNING THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTH COUNTRY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE AND THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. THE RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER STORM WITH VERY COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS WILL BE RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN LITTLE OR NO TIRE TRACTION ON ANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ BANACOS
000 WWUS41 KBTV 011607 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1107 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR HEAVY MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY... .A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM NEAR DELAWARE AROUND MIDDAY WILL TRACK NORTHEAST AND MERGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK BY THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS VERMONT TONIGHT. SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT AT MIDDAY WILL OVERSPREAD THE REST OF VERMONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. INITIALLY...THE AIR MASS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW... BUT WARM AIR STREAMING IN ALOFT WILL RESULT IN A CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MOST AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY EVENING/S COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH PRECIPITATION FALLING LARGELY AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY. THE VALLEYS OF SOUTHERN VERMONT MAY SEE A TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN FOR A TIME THIS EVENING. LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...ANY MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION OR RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEYS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION. THE ICE POTENTIAL IS LIKELY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HAZARD...ACCUMULATING A QUARTER TO HALF INCH ACROSS SOME AREAS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...WITH POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES...AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD ICY ROAD CONDITIONS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>008-016-017-012300- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T1000Z/ 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-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN- 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...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL 1107 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR CENTRAL...NORTHERN VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK DUE TO A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF COMBINED SNOW AND ICE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD ICY CONDITIONS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS VERY LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL...NORTHERN VERMONT AND THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF NEW YORK WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. MEANWHILE...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEW YORK. ICE ACCUMULATION OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES BEGINNING THIS EVENING. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE AND THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER STORM WITH VERY COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS WILL BE RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN LITTLE OR NO TIRE TRACTION ON ANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ VTZ009>012-018-019-012300- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T1000Z/ WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD... RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION... BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON 1107 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT DUE TO A HAZARDOUS COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THROUGH MIDDAY. THE SNOW WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD ICY CONDITIONS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOW FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATION WILL ALSO BE A SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND A QUARTER INCH AND POSSIBLY UP TO AN HALF INCH IN COLDER SHELTERED VALLEYS IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES BEGINNING THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTH COUNTRY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE AND THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. THE RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER STORM WITH VERY COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS WILL BE RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN LITTLE OR NO TIRE TRACTION ON ANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ SLW
000 WWUS41 KBTV 012058 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 358 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY... .A STORM SYSTEM ACROSS LAKE ERIE AND A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM NEAR DELAWARE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST AND MERGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS VERMONT TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FROM NORTHERN NEW YORK ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT. IN SOUTHERN VERMONT... MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS IN SOUTHERN VERMONT. TRAVELING ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY WILL BE HAZARDOUS. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION. THE ICE POTENTIAL IS LIKELY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HAZARD...ACCUMULATING A QUARTER TO HALF INCH ACROSS SOME AREAS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...WITH POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES. NYZ026-027-029>031-034-087-020500- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T1000Z/ NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...STAR LAKE... SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID... OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR 358 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY AND THE ADIRONDACKS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK DUE TO A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND EVENTUALLY END BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY. MEANWHILE...ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER THE PRECIPITATION MAY FALL AS SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER BACK TO SNOW. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 4 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF AN INCH. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND SNOW WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES BEGINNING THIS EVENING. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER STORM WITH VERY COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS WILL BE RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN LITTLE OR NO TIRE TRACTION ON ANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ VTZ009>012-018-019-020500- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T1000Z/ WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD... RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION... BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON 358 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH ENOUGH MILDER AIR TO POSSIBLY ALLOW A PERIOD OF RAIN AS WELL. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO A PERIOD OF SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF AN INCH. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND SNOW MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES BEGINNING THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ NYZ028-035-VTZ001>008-016-017-020500- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T1000Z/ EASTERN CLINTON-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS- ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON- EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...PORT HENRY... TICONDEROGA...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL 358 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR NORTHERN...CENTRAL VERMONT AND THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF NEW YORK. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS AS WELL THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY TONIGHT WITH PERHAPS A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT. IN NORTHERN SECTIONS...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY IN NORTHERN SECTIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS BEFORE ENDING TOWARD DAYBREAK SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL VERMONT AND THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF NEW YORK WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN VERMONT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES BEGINNING THIS EVENING. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ SLW
000 WWUS41 KBTV 020404 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1104 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY... .A STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT AND WILL BE OVER EASTERN MAINE BY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVELING ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY WILL BE HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION. THE ICE POTENTIAL IS LIKELY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HAZARD...ACCUMULATING A QUARTER TO HALF INCH ACROSS SOME AREAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...WITH POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES. NYZ026-027-029>031-034-087-021000- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T1000Z/ NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...STAR LAKE... SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID... OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR 1104 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REGION AS COLDER AIR ALOFT MOVES IN. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 4 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF AN INCH. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND SNOW WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES OVERNIGHT. UNTREATED ROADS WILL ALSO BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ VTZ009>012-018-019-021000- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T1000Z/ WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD... RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION... BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON 1104 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AS COLDER AIR ALOFT MOVES INTO THE REGION...WITH AN ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF AN INCH. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND SNOW MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ NYZ028-035-VTZ001>008-016-017-021000- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T1000Z/ EASTERN CLINTON-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS- ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON- EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...PORT HENRY... TICONDEROGA...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL 1104 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT AND NEW YORK...AS WELL AS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN VERMONT. RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM ACROSS THE REGION. AN ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL VERMONT AND THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF NEW YORK WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN VERMONT. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM A QUARTER TO HALF INCH. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN SOME WIRES AND TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES OVERNIGHT. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT. UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF THE POWER FAILS AND YOU MUST USE AN ALTERNATE MEANS TO STAY WARM...USE APPROPRIATE FIRE SAFEGUARDS. BE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION SINCE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A REAL DANGER. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ WGH
000 WWUS41 KBTV 020856 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 356 AM EST SAT FEB 2 2008 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-021000- /O.CAN.KBTV.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T1000Z/ 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 356 AM EST SAT FEB 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT...AS WELL AS THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY AND NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS IN NORTHERN NEW YORK. LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR WIDESPREAD MIXED PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA YESTERDAY WILL LOSE INFLUENCE TODAY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. LIGHT SNOWS AND FLURRIES WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS VALLEY LOCATIONS THIS MORNING...WITH SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LIGHT HOWEVER...RANGING FROM A DUSTING TO PERHAPS AN INCH IN FAVORED LOCALES. $$ JMG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 31, 3:40 PM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 3:40 PM EST, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
340 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTH COUNTRY TODAY...WILL GIVE WAY TO AN
APPROACHING WINTER STORM DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON
SATURDAY MORNING. MAINLY HIGH PRESSURE FOR REST OF THE WEEKEND INTO
MONDAY...BEFORE ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM AFFECTS THE REGION TUESDAY AND
ON WEDNESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 321 PM EST THURSDAY...NICE CD SUNNY WINTER DAY ACROSS THE CWA
W/ TEMPS IN THE 20S CWA-WIDE. MDLS LIFT SFC RIDGE SLOWLY TO THE
NORTH OVERNGT AS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE DEEP SOUTH. SOME
MID/HIGH CLDS WILL BEGIN TO STREAM INTO THE REGION OVERNGT AHEAD
OF SFC LOW...BUT STILL EXPECTING TEMPS TO DROP OVERNGT...WHICH
WILL SET UP SCENARIO FOR TOMORROW W/ CD POOL OF LL AIR ACROSS
ENTIRE NORTH COUNTRY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 340 PM EST THURSDAY...MAIN ISSUE IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE THE
WINTER STORM FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
MDLS LIFT STRONG SFC RIDGE SLOWLY N OF THE CWA OVERNGT AS BROAD
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE DEEP SOUTH. W/ STRONG RIDGE
IN PLACE...APPROACHING SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO OVERCOME DRY AIR/LOW
DEWPTS...BFR ACCUM OF PRECIP BEGINS. LATEST FEW RUNS HAVE SHOWN
STARTING PT AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY...AND WILL STAY CLOSE TO THIS AS
SYSTEM LIFTS FROM SW TO NE ACROSS THE AREA. SFC CD AIR IN PLACE
DURING THE MORNING HRS WILL ALLOW PRECIP TO START OFF AS SNOW BY
MIDDAY...SLOWLY CHANGING TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY
LATE FRI AFTNOON/EARLY EVENING. THIS IS DUE TO A SURGE OF WARM AIR
ALOFT...850MB...AHEAD OF SFC SYSTEM ON STRONG ESE WINDS. MDL QPF
NEAR 1.00...AND W/ CHANGE OVER EXPECTED...POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUM BFR PRECIP TRANSITIONS BACK TO -SW BY
SATURDAY MORNING. WILL THUS BE GOING WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING
FOR ENTIRE CWA. SNOW TOTALS WILL BE LIMITED IN MOST AREAS DUE TO
SLEET/FZRA ACCUM...BUT WILL GO WITH 3-5 TO 4-8 RANGE...W/ NE VT
SEEING BEST CHANCE TO STAY MOSTLY SNOW FOR EVENT. REFER TO THE
LATEST ALBWSWBTV FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. OTHER ISSUE FOR THIS STORM
WILL BE STRONG ESE FETCH OFF THE ATLANTIC...WHICH WILL ADD TO
WINTRY MIX ISSUE BY BRINGING STRONG WIND GUSTS FRI NGT POSSBLY UP
TO 35-45MPH.
BY SATURDAY MORNING MAJORITY OF EVENT IS THRU THE CWA...W/ MAINLY
NORTHERN ZONES SEEING SOME WRAP-AROUND SW THRU MIDDAY BFR SFC RIDGE
REASSERTS OVER THE NORTHEAST. BOUNDARY NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER SAT
NGT MAY SETTLE SOUTH FOR -SW/--SW...SO WILL KEEP PREV THINKING OF
LOW CHANCE POPS.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 AM EST THURSDAY...AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED
ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES WILL BUILD FROM SUNDAY THROUGH
MONDAY. SOME UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ON
SUNDAY. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALSO PASSES TO THE NORTH SO
CHANCE POPS FOR OUR NORTHERN ZONES AND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
ELSEWHERE. BY MONDAY NIGHT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE
GREAT LAKES REGION BEGINS TO APPROACH THE REGION. THIS WILL BRING
THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO OUR REGION.
GRADIENT WIND INCREASES MONDAY NIGHT AND LOW WILL BE CENTERED OVER
NORTHERN GREAT LAKES BY TUESDAY MORNING WITH COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
EASTERN GREAT LAKES...OHIO VALLEY REGION. LOW WILL PASS TO OUR
NORTH ON TUESDAY AND COLD FRONT WILL DRAG ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA
BRINGING CHANCE POPS TO THE ENTIRE AREA. THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY WITH PRECIPITATION TYPE...BUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE
EVENT WILL BE ABLE TO PREDICT WITH MORE CONFIDENCE. COLD FRONT
WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CAA WILL
FOLLOW. SO PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS RAIN ON TUESDAY AND
BECOME SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH A POSSIBLE PERIOD
OF MIXED PRECIP RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE
COAST OF NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND POPS WILL DECREASE
THROUGH THE DAY. WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE COLD...WITH
HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. CLDS WL INCREASE
THRU 06Z FRI AND GRDLLY LWR/THICKEN TOWARD 12Z FRI. PCPN SHIELD
ARRIVES ACRS NY STATE AFT 15Z AND VT ARD 17-19Z...STARTING AS SNOW
WITH PSBL MVFR CONDS AT THE ONSET OF SNOW. E-NE WNDS IN ST LWRNC
VLY WL INCREASE TO 10-15KTS G25KTS AFT 12Z FRI WITH ESE 10-15 KTS
AT 06Z AT KRUT INCREASING TO 15-25 KTS AFT 12Z FRI.
18Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...LOW PRESSURE CONTS TO MV ACRS-THRU
FA FRI EVE/NGT. ALL SITES WILL SEE A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW FRIDAY BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD IFR WITH SCATTERED LIFR CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS PRECIPITATION. THEREAFTER...VFR WITH HIGH
PRESSURE SETTLING IN...WITH PERHAPS SOME MVFR IN WINTRY PCPN MON
NIGHT-TUES WITH THE NXT SYSTEM.
&&
.BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VT...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY
FOR VTZ001>012-016>019.
NY...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY
FOR NYZ026>031-034-035-087.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JN
NEAR TERM...JN
SHORT TERM...JN
LONG TERM...JAN
AVIATION...SLWHazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 3:38 AM EST, 12 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 338 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-010845- 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- 338 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 3:33 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle and 5 more | 12 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.