Alert archive / Vermont / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2011, 6:54 PM EDT for Caledonia County, Orange County, Washington County, Vermont. It was in force for 36 min. 7 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, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caledonia County, VT, Orange County, VT, Washington County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Berlin, VT | TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN ALONG POINT RIDGE ROAD |
| May 26, 7:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Montpelier, VT | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON BERLIN HILL |
| May 26, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E North Montpelier, VT | NUMEROUS TREES BROKEN ALONG TAYLOR FARM ROAD ALONG PLAINFIELD NORTH MONTPELIER |
| May 26, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | East Montpelier, VT | LARGE 36 INCH DIAMETER TREE AND OTHER TREE DEBRIS ALONG ROUTE 14. |
| May 26, 7:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Peacham, VT | |
| May 26, 7:15 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | 2 W Barre, VT | 2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED BY LOCAL POLICE. |
| May 26, 7:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Montpelier, VT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
022 WFUS51 KBTV 262254 TORBTV VTC005-017-023-262330- /O.NEW.KBTV.TO.W.0001.110526T2254Z-110526T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 654 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CALEDONIA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT... NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT... SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT... * UNTIL 730 PM EDT. * AT 648 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROXBURY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... BERLIN...WILLIAMSTOWN...BARRE...SOUTH BARRE...PLAINFIELD...EAST MONTPELIER...PLAINFIELD...EAST ORANGE...MARSHFIELD...TOPSHAM... RICKER STATE PARK...GROTON... THIS TORNADIC STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...OR HAIL 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... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE...OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AS A LAST RESORT..LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA AND COVER YOUR HEAD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. && LAT...LON 4440 7216 4402 7212 4409 7281 4429 7276 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 252DEG 36KT 4416 7265 $$
1 follow-up statement
897 WWUS51 KBTV 262308 SVSBTV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 708 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 VTC005-017-023-262330- /O.CON.KBTV.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110526T2330Z/ CALEDONIA VT-ORANGE VT-WASHINGTON VT- 708 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL ORANGE AND SOUTHWESTERN CALEDONIA COUNTIES... AT 704 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEAR BARRE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... WEST GROTON...GROTON...PEACHAM...EWELLS MILLS... THIS STORM PRODUCED DESTRUCTIVE BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN SOUTH DUXBURY AT 650 PM. WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 800 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE...OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AS A LAST RESORT..LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA AND COVER YOUR HEAD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. && LAT...LON 4414 7265 4429 7268 4440 7216 4402 7212 TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 252DEG 36KT 4419 7247 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BTV | Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle and 5 more | 42 hr |
| May 26, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Chittenden, Grand Isle | 61 min |
| May 26, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle | 67 min |
| May 26, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans | 61 min |
| May 26, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Grand Isle | 30 min |
| May 26, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Essex, Orleans | 50 min |
| May 26, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle | 60 min |
| May 26, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orleans | 6 hr |
| May 26, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orleans | 63 min |
| May 26, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle | 56 min |
| May 26, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orleans | 67 min |
| May 26, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Lamoille, Orleans, Washington | 53 min |
| May 26, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Lamoille, Orange, Rutland and 2 more | 66 min |
| May 26, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Essex, Washington | 32 min |
| May 26, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Washington | 31 min |
| May 26, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Washington | 60 min |
| May 26, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 26, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BTV | Addison, Caledonia, Orange, Washington | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Essex | 31 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.