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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Burlington, VT

June 26, 2009Chittenden County, Franklin County, Grand Isle County, Vermont; Clinton County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2009, 5:13 PM EDT for Chittenden County, Franklin County, Grand Isle County, Vermont; Clinton County, New York. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2009, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2009, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clinton County, NY, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 5:20 PM EDTHAIL 0.754 Sw Georgia Center, VTPENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN MILTONBORO SECTION OF MILTON

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 26, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 2009-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 193 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2009-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBTV 262113
SVRBTV
NYC019-VTC007-011-013-262200-
/O.NEW.KBTV.SV.W.0021.090626T2113Z-090626T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
513 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK
  CHITTENDEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT
  GRAND ISLE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.

* AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURTON ISLAND STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GEORGIA CENTER AND ST. ALBANS BAY STATE PARK AROUND 520 PM EDT.
  NORTH FAIRFAX...ST. ALBANS AND 7 MILES NORTH OF FAIRFAX AROUND 530
  PM EDT.
  FAIRFIELD AROUND 545 PM EDT.
  6 MILES SOUTH OF SHELDON AROUND 550 PM EDT.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE CHAMPLAIN...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. 

LAT...LON 4501 7296 4473 7280 4461 7328 4481 7334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 252DEG 18KT 4474 7317

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DD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 9:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVOrleans53 min
Jun 25, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex62 min
Jun 25, 11:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVWindsor65 min
Jun 25, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVCaledonia, Essex58 min
Jun 26, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin, Grand Isle53 min
Jun 26, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex47 min
Jun 26, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin24 min
Jun 26, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, Grand Isle36 min
Jun 26, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, Orleans28 min
Jun 26, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, Grand Isle31 min
Jun 26, 4:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBTVFranklin, Orleans3 hr
Jun 26, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin33 min
Jun 26, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle25 min
Jun 26, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle43 min
Jun 26, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin24 min
Jun 26, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille50 min
Jun 26, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Rutland55 min
Jun 26, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVLamoille, Orleans, Washington53 min
Jun 26, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison60 min
Jun 26, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Lamoille, Orleans27 min
Jun 26, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVOrleans64 min
Jun 26, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVOrange, Rutland55 min
Jun 26, 7:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBTVFranklin, Lamoille, Orleans2 hr
Jun 26, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVSt. Lawrence75 min
Jun 26, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVSt. Lawrence57 min
Jun 26, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVSt. Lawrence34 min
Jun 26, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVSt. Lawrence42 min
Jun 26, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVSt. Lawrence64 min
Jun 26, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVSt. Lawrence32 min
Jun 26, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin36 min
Jun 26, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton, Essex, Franklin45 min
Jun 26, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton, Essex52 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.