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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Burlington, VT

May 26, 2011Essex County, New York; Addison County, Chittenden County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2011, 8:19 PM EDT for Essex County, New York; Addison County, Chittenden County, Vermont. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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
May 26, 2011, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2011, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Essex County, NY, Addison County, VT, Chittenden County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 9:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 Ene Monkton, VTLEWIS CREEK HAS FLOODED ITS BANKS ALONG ROUTE 116 IN STARKSBORO NORTH OF THE BRISTOL TOWN LINE.
May 26, 9:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODMoriah, NYSEVERAL CULVERTS WASHED OUT IN MORIAH
May 26, 9:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 E Vergennes, VT4 TO 5 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING ACROSS MONKTON ROAD IN FERRISBURG

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

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1789 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

967 
WGUS51 KBTV 270019
FFWBTV
NYC031-VTC001-007-270315-
/O.NEW.KBTV.FF.W.0009.110527T0019Z-110527T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
819 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ADDISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT
  EAST CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK
  SOUTHWESTERN CHITTENDEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WADHAMS...
  MONKTON...HANKSVILLE...FERRISBURG...BUTTON BAY STATE PARK...BASIN
  HARBOR...WHALLONSBURG...KINGSLAND BAY STATE PARK AND MT. PHILO
  STATE PARK

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODING...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 800 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY SUBMITTING
A STORM REPORT AT WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 4430 7297 4418 7294 4416 7295 4416 7293
      4413 7292 4408 7292 4404 7290 4396 7363
      4425 7358 4432 7304

$$

NEILES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVEssex6 hr
May 26, 10:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVClinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence6 hr
May 27, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex59 min
May 27, 4:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVEssex4 hr
May 27, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVEssex58 min
May 27, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVEssex58 min
May 27, 6:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVEssex4 hr
May 26, 8:13 PM EDTTornado WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex, Orange, Washington47 min
May 26, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOrange, Washington36 min
May 26, 8:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVAddison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Lamoille, Orange and 4 more3 hr
May 26, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVCaledonia42 min
May 26, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex30 min
May 26, 11:59 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBTVWashington13 hr
May 26, 11:59 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBTVChittenden39 hr
May 27, 12:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVRutland, Windsor43 min
May 27, 1:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBTVCaledonia42 hr
May 27, 4:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Washington3 hr
May 27, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOrange, Rutland, Windsor64 min
May 27, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVCaledonia37 min
May 27, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex28 min
May 27, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVWashington25 min
May 27, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Washington63 min
May 27, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex, Lamoille, Orleans, Washington59 min
May 27, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison26 min
May 27, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVWindsor40 min
May 27, 7:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex, Franklin, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans and 1 more3 hr
May 27, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex, Orange, Washington63 min
May 27, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison30 min
May 27, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex34 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Vermont, 2011Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.