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Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Burlington, VT

January 28, 20109 counties in Vermont; 4 counties in New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this wind chill warning at Jan 28, 2010, 3:00 PM EST for 9 counties in Vermont; 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jan 29, 2010, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2010, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 29, 2010, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 30, 2010, 6:45 AM EST
In force
30 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, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2010-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2010-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
998 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill warning went out at Jan 28, 2:25 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 2:25 PM EST, 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 4:23 AM EST, 10 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
423 AM EST THU JAN 28 2010

NYZ029-087-290930-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
423 AM EST THU JAN 28 2010

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK.

.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.

   LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH TIME.
SOME WIND CHILL CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP BY FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE
AREA. OTHERWISE HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

NYZ026-027-030-031-034-290930-
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-
423 AM EST THU JAN 28 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK.

.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.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH TIME.
SOME WIND CHILL CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP BY FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE
AREA. OTHERWISE HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

VTZ003-006-016-290930-
ORLEANS-LAMOILLE-EASTERN FRANKLIN-
423 AM EST THU JAN 28 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM EST FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST VERMONT AND
NORTHWEST 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.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH TIME.
SOME WIND CHILL CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP BY FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE
AREA. OTHERWISE HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

NYZ028-035-VTZ001-002-004-005-007>012-017>019-290930-
EASTERN CLINTON-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-ESSEX-
WESTERN CHITTENDEN-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-
WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
423 AM EST THU JAN 28 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS AN
ARCTIC COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS
FROM A DUSTING TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS
PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT
AS SNOW SHOWERS WANE...AND CONDITIONS TURN BLUSTERY UNDER WEST TO
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH TIME.
SOME WIND CHILL CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP BY FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE
GREEN MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

JMG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 28, 12:20 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1220 PM EST THU JAN 28 2010

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001-002-005-009-011-281930-
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-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN ADDISON-
WESTERN 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...BURLINGTON...
MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...RUTLAND
1220 PM EST THU JAN 28 2010

...SNOW SHOWERS AND SQUALLS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND THE
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...

AT 1215 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THIN LINE OF HEAVY SNOW STRETCHED ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK...FROM
MERRILL...TO SARANAC LAKE...TO LONG LAKE. THIS SNOW WAS MOVING
EAST...AND WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS SUCH AS AUSABLE
FORKS...BEEKMANTOWN...AND NEWCOMB BY 1 PM. IT WILL THEN MOVE INTO
THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY...INCLUDING THE BURLINGTON AREA...BY 2 PM.
VERY HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH...WITH
VISIBILITY DROPPING TO BELOW A HALF MILE. A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
SNOW ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

A SECOND SNOW SQUALL IS FOLLOWING THIS FIRST LINE...SO ANOTHER ROUND
OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST BATCH.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AS VISIBILITY AND ROAD
CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE AS THESE SQUALLS MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION.

MB
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 1:37 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 28, 1:42 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 12:37 PM ESTWind AdvisoryBTVAddison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle and 5 more9 hr
Jan 28, 3:00 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryBTVAddison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Orange, Rutland40 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Warnings in Vermont, 2010Wind Chill Warnings in New York, 2010Every wind chill 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.