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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

May 29, 2011Caledonia County, Lamoille County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2011, 11:10 PM EDT for Caledonia County, Lamoille County, Vermont. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2011, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2011, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

Counties Caledonia County, VT, Lamoille County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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, Gray, ME at 00:00Z on 2011-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 843 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, Gray, ME at 00:00Z on 2011-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

242 
WWUS81 KBTV 300310
SPSBTV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1110 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

VTZ002-003-005>008-016-017-300415-
CALEDONIA VT-EASTERN CHITTENDEN VT-EASTERN FRANKLIN VT-LAMOILLE VT-
ORLEANS VT-WASHINGTON VT-WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-WESTERN FRANKLIN VT-
1110 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LAMOILLE...NORTHEASTERN
CHITTENDEN...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHWESTERN CALEDONIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ORLEANS COUNTIES...

AT 1107 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COLCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THERE MAY BE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
NORTH UNDERHILL...CLOVERDALE...PLEASANT VALLEY...UNDERHILL STATE
PARK...SOUTH CAMBRIDGE...SMUGGLERS NOTCH...HYDE PARK...CADYS FALLS...
GARFIELD...GREEN RIVER RESERVOIR STA...NORTH WOLCOTT...WOLCOTT...

GET TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 4473 7207 4443 7206 4449 7316 4463 7318

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden56 min
May 29, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVOrleans64 min
May 29, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVOrange50 min
May 30, 12:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex28 min
May 30, 12:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBTVAddison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Lamoille, Orange, Rutland and 2 more22 min
May 30, 1:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVAddison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Lamoille, Orange, Washington and 1 more4 hr
May 30, 12:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVEssex, Franklin5 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.