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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Burlington, VT

August 2, 2010Addison County, Chittenden County, Grand Isle County, Vermont; Clinton County, Essex County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2010, 4:00 PM EDT for Addison County, Chittenden County, Grand Isle County, Vermont; Clinton County, Essex County, New York. It was in force for 46 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
Aug 2, 2010, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2010, 4:46 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Addison County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT

The radar

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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 Aug 2, 3:45 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:45 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 3:08 AM EDT, 12 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
308 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2010

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-030715-
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-
308 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF NORTHERN NEW YORK EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN VERMONT. SOME STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH
MAY CAUSE SHARP RISES ON SMALLER STREAMS AND RIVERS...ALONG WITH
PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN
ADDITION...ISOLATED WIND GUST TO 35 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS. THE STORMS WILL
DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY LATE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY OF THIS UPCOMING WEEK. SOME
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY DOWN POURS...ESPECIALLY ON
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:09 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:20 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:40 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:41 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:54 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 2, 4:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVGrand Isle45 min
Aug 2, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle55 min
Aug 2, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Grand Isle59 min
Aug 2, 3:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBTVChittenden4 hr
Aug 2, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden51 min
Aug 2, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden48 min
Aug 2, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex66 min
Aug 2, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex57 min
Aug 2, 3:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBTVClinton4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.