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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2011, 10:13 PM EDT for 5 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 62 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
- Jul 17, 2011, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2011, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
Counties Addison County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Washington County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 225 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 17, 8:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 8:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 825 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011 .SYNOPSIS... WARM AND MUGGY TONIGHT WITH A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE NORTH COUNTRY OVERNIGHT. THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY PUSH ACROSS ON MONDAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND STILL RATHER HUMID. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS ON TUESDAY WITH MORE SEASONABLE HEAT AND LOWER HUMIDITY. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY RETURN MID WEEK WITH ANOTHER THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY MORNING/... AS OF 815 PM EDT SUNDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 05Z FOR ALL BUT RUTLAND AND WINDSOR COUNTIES. LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS ONTARIO NOW ENTERING ST LWR VLY. ATMOSPHERE OVER BTV CWA NOT AS UNSTABLE AS THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THESE STORMS DEVELOPED. IN FACT...RATHER STRONG CAP IN PLACE FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THEREFORE...IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY HOW FAR SOUTHEAST THE STORMS WILL ADVANCE BEFORE WEAKENING. THUS...THE WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. PRIMARY THREAT IS STRONG WINDS. OTTAWA EXPERIENCED A GUST TO 60 MPH. FURTHER NORTH A LITTLE EARLIER...PETAWAWA SAW A GUST TO 75 MPH. NOT EXPECTING WINDS OF THAT MAGNITUDE IN OUR CWA...BUT 60 MPH CERTAINLY POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE ST LWR VLY THIS EVENING. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... WARM/HOT HUMID LATE THIS AFTN WITH MAX T IN U80S/90 AND DEWPOINTS CREEPING INTO 60S IN VT AND M60S/70 IN NRN NY. CAPES ARE APPROACHING 1500 J/KG IN ST LWRNC VLY AND >1000 J/KG IN CHMPL VLY. THERE ARE A FEW AREAS OF CONCERN FOR TSRA AND PSBL SVR WX TNGT/OVRNGT AND SPC HAS PLACED NRN FA INTO SLGT RISK...SEE SWODY1. THE FIRST AND NOT MENTIONED IN SWODY1 IS AN ELEVATED MIXED LAYER INDUCED MCS COMPLEX THAT FIRST STARTED IN ERN MONTANA FRI NGT AND HAS BEEN RELATIVELY HEALTHY ACRS NRN ONTARIO...N OF GRT LAKES IS MVG DOWNRIDGE ESE INTO QUEBEC AND WL THREATEN MONTREAL...SRN QUEBEC AND POSSIBLY VT THIS EVENING. HRRR-3KM HAS MODELED THIS QUITE WELL AND WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY FOR SOME POTENTIAL SEVERE. THE SECOND AS MENTIONED IN SWODY1 IS ASSOCIATED WITH PRONOUNCED SHORTWAVE ACRS NW ONTARIO AND SHOWN NICELY ON WTR VAPOR. THIS IS THE TRIGGER FOR THE EVENTUAL MOVEMENT AND APPROACH OF CD FNT FOR FA DRG MON. HOWEVER...MOISTURE POOLING AND DESTABILIZATION AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE AS WELL AS SOME EML COMPONENTS AND PSBL BOUNDAIRES FROM 1ST CONVECTION WILL LIKELY INITIATE ADDTNL CONVECTION AND PSBL MCS IN SE ONTARIO/SRN QUEBEC INTO NRN NY OVRNGT. A POTENTIAL THIRD AREA THAT MAY AFFECT ST LWRNC VLY TOWARD MORNING IS ANOTHER DEVELOPING MCS IN N DAKOTA WHERE SPC HAS A MOD RISK IS ALIGNED WITH A GREATER EML LAYER THAT MOVES E INTO GRT LAKES. ALL OF THESE FEATURES ARE BEING SUPPORTED...ESP OVRNGT INTO MON ON LEFT FRONT EXIT REGION OF 100+ KTS H25 JET. IT WILL BE WARM/MUGGY WITH CLD COVER PREVENTING TEMPS FROM DROPPING TOO FAR THUS SOME L70S FOR MIN T OVRNGT. && .SHORT TERM /8 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 312 PM EDT SUNDAY...THERE MAY STILL BE SOME ON-GOING CONVECTION IN THE MRNG WITH SFC COLD FRONT STL N OF CANADIAN BORDER. CONVECTIVE DEBRIS MAY INHIBIT SFC HEATING FROM VERY UNSTABLE CAPES BUT STILL SOME TSRA LIKELY. I/M STILL THINKING SRN FA MOST SUSCEPTIBLE FOR GREATEST INSTABILITY AND BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE. FROPA COMES IN PIECES AS PERHAPS A PRE-FNTL TROF IN THE MRNG THEN CD FNT DRG AFTN BUT STL DEWPOINTS IN THE M-U60S DURING THE AFTN ON NW WINDS AND SOME S/W ENERGY STL RIDING ALG WNW FLOW INTO FA WITH DRIER DEWPOINTS NOT ADVECTING INTO FA TIL AFT 00-03Z TUE THUS STL A THREAT OF SHRA/TSRA TUE EVENING BFR MIDNIGHT. SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO FA ON TUE...SOMEWHAT WEAK BUT ENUF TO MAKE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH MAX T AOA NORMAL (U70S-L80S) AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S. A BRIEF REPREIVE BEFORE MORE HEAT/HUMIDITY AND STORMS MID TO LATE WEEK. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 311 PM EDT SUNDAY...THIS MORNING'S MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE MAINTAINS OVERALL CONSISTENCY WITH PRIOR IDEAS AND AS A RESULT HAVE GENERALLY MAINTAINED A PERSISTENCE FORECAST DURING MID TO LATE WEEK TIME FRAME. THIS WILL FEATURE WARM TO HOT TEMPERATURES AND MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HIGHER LEVELS OF HUMIDITY AS THE NORTHEAST REMAINS ON THE NORTHEAST PERIPHERY OF LARGE-SCALE HEAT RIDGE ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THUS AREA WILL REMAIN IN MID TO UPPER LEVEL NORTHWEST FLOW WITH OCCASIONAL NORTHERN STREAM IMPUSES OR WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARIES DROPPING SOUTHEASTERLY PROVIDING FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. I'VE MADE A POINT NOT TO FOCUS ON ANY PARTICULAR DETERMINISTIC MODEL SOLUTION IN REGARD TO PCPN THREAT...OFFERING GENERALLY SLIGHT TO LOW CHC POPS (20-40%) FROM LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT ONWARD OWING TO INHERENT DIFFICULTY IN PREDICTING THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE FEATURES BEYOND A FEW DAYS. SO ALL AND ALL...MID-SUMMER CONDITIONS EXPECTED AND NOT ALL THAT UNUSUAL FOR LATE JULY WITH HIGHS GENERALLY 85 TO 90 AND OVERNIGHT LOWS 65 TO 70. && .AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY...A FAST MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING THE FORECAST AREA...THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED 70MPH WINDS IN CANADA WITH VERY LITTLE DIMINISHMENT OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS. MSS AND SLK WILL BE IMPACTED FROM 00-02Z...PBG AND BTV FROM 0130-03Z...MPV FROM 03-05Z. EXPECT HIGH WINDS WITH 50 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND SOME SLIGHT SLOWING AS IT PROGRESSES EASTWARD TO AROUND 35 KNOTS IN THE BTV AREA. IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE EXPERIENCED DURING INTENSE RAIN PERIODS. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT ITSELF APPROACHES THE REGION AROUND 12Z...THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TEMPORARY IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS AND WILL OCCUR UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND 20Z. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME VERY STRONG WITH FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS IN PLACE. THE MORE FAVORABLE AREAS FOR STRONGER STORMS WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE ADIRONDACKS. OUTLOOK 00Z TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... 00-06Z TUESDAY...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALIZED MVFR/IFR AS SFC FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE AREA. A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS/HAIL AND MODERATE TO LOCALLY SEVERE TURBULENCE. 06Z TUESDAY THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY...MAINLY VFR WITH HIGH PRESSURE. PATCHY EARLY MORNING BR/FG AND ASSOCIATED IFR POSSIBLE AT KMPV/KSLK. 12Z THURSDAY ONWARD...VFR WITH SCT MVFR/IFR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS ADDITIONAL FRONTAL ENERGY DROPS SOUTH. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SLW NEAR TERM...RJS/SLW SHORT TERM...SLW LONG TERM...JMG AVIATION...BOYD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 7:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 755 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>010-016>018-190000- 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-EASTERN FRANKLIN- EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- 755 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 654 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT AND NORTHWEST VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY ON MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OUT OF CANADA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. VTZ011-012-019-190000- WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN RUTLAND- 755 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY ON MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OUT OF CANADA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:43 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
943 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 PM TSTM WND GST UPPER ST. REGIS 44.40N 74.27W
07/17/2011 M60 MPH FRANKLIN NY PUBLIC
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER BTV1100417
MABLocal storm report, Jul 17, 9:51 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
951 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0901 PM TSTM WND GST CHATEAUGAY 44.93N 74.08W
07/17/2011 M67 MPH FRANKLIN NY PUBLIC
PUBLIC
0901 PM HAIL CHATEAUGAY 44.93N 74.08W
07/17/2011 M0.25 INCH FRANKLIN NY PUBLIC
PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER BTV1100418
EVENT NUMBER BTV1100419
MABLocal storm report, Jul 17, 9:56 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
956 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0908 PM TSTM WND DMG ST. REGIS FALLS 44.67N 74.54W
07/17/2011 FRANKLIN NY PUBLIC
LIGHTNING HIT POWER LINES AND THEY ARE ON FIRE... TREE
LIMBS DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER BTV1100420
MABLocal storm report, Jul 17, 10:02 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1002 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0835 PM TSTM WND GST OGDENSBURG 44.69N 75.49W
07/17/2011 E65 MPH ST. LAWRENCE NY PUBLIC
TREES AND FENCE BLOWN DOWN IN YARD... STORAGE SHED
RUINED
&&
EVENT NUMBER BTV1100421
MABLocal storm report, Jul 17, 10:06 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1006 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG OGDENSBURG 44.69N 75.49W
07/17/2011 ST. LAWRENCE NY PUBLIC
100-FT TALL PINE DOWN ON A TRUCK
&&
EVENT NUMBER BTV1100422
MABSpecial weather statement, Jul 17, 10:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 2:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Orange, Windsor | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Rutland | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Rutland | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Rutland | 52 min |
| Jul 17, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin, St. Lawrence | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Franklin, St. Lawrence | 54 min |
| Jul 17, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Essex | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 6:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BTV | Essex | 5 hr |
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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.