Alert archive / Vermont / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2011, 7:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caledonia County, VT, Essex County, VT, Orange County, VT, Washington County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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, 7:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Passumpsic, VT | |
| May 26, 7:57 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Ene Passumpsic, VT | HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN WATERFORD |
| May 26, 8:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Ene Passumpsic, VT | HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL |
| May 26, 8:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Nw Lower Waterford, VT | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON DUCK POND ROAD |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
412
WFUS51 KBTV 262329
TORBTV
VTC005-009-017-023-270000-
/O.NEW.KBTV.TO.W.0002.110526T2329Z-110527T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
729 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CALEDONIA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...
NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT...
EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT...
SOUTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 724 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STILLWATER STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
PEACHAM...BARNET...PASSUMPSIC...LOWER WATERFORD...GILMAN...
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 7172 4439 7179 4435 7182 4433 7187
4434 7191 4433 7193 4433 7198 4431 7203
4428 7206 4415 7204 4420 7240 4436 7241
4445 7166
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 249DEG 31KT 4431 7223
$$1 follow-up statement
560
WWUS51 KBTV 262348
SVSBTV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
748 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
VTC005-009-017-023-270000-
/O.CON.KBTV.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110527T0000Z/
CALEDONIA VT-ORANGE VT-WASHINGTON VT-ESSEX VT-
748 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL
VERMONT...AND SOUTHWESTERN ESSEX AND SOUTHERN CALEDONIA COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST VERMONT...
AT 744 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE
TORNADO WAS NEAR EAST BARNET...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
CONCORD CORNER...EAST CONCORD...
THIS TORNADO IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...DAMAGING
WINDS...OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE...1 800 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT
WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE...OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AS A LAST RESORT..LIE DOWN IN A LOW
LYING AREA AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.
&&
LAT...LON 4440 7172 4439 7179 4435 7182 4433 7187
4434 7191 4433 7193 4433 7198 4431 7203
4428 7206 4415 7204 4420 7240 4436 7241
4445 7166
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 249DEG 31KT 4436 7203
$$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, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Orange, Washington | 36 min |
| May 26, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Essex, Washington | 32 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.