Alert archive / Vermont / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 30 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, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Addison County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Orange County, VT, Washington County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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, 7:48 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Northfield, VT | ONE AND AN HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED. |
| May 26, 7:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 W Northfield Falls, VT | DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON UNION BROOK ROAD |
| May 26, 8:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Nw Lower Waterford, VT | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON DUCK POND ROAD |
| May 26, 8:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Barre, VT | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
191
WFUS51 KBTV 262345
TORBTV
VTC001-005-017-023-270015-
/O.NEW.KBTV.TO.W.0003.110526T2345Z-110527T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
745 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CALEDONIA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...
NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT...
EAST CENTRAL ADDISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 739 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST ROXBURY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
WILLIAMSTOWN...CHELSEA...SOUTH BARRE...BARRE...WASHINGTON...
ORANGE...EAST ORANGE...WAITS RIVER...TOPSHAM...
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 4433 7193 4433 7198 4428 7206 4425 7204
4418 7205 4415 7203 4411 7205 4409 7202
4400 7210 4396 7209 4394 7212 4397 7273
4414 7281 4439 7193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 252DEG 27KT 4408 7265
$$1 follow-up statement
340
WWUS51 KBTV 270009
SVSBTV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
809 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
VTC001-270019-
/O.CAN.KBTV.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110527T0015Z/
ADDISON VT-
809 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ADDISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WARNING.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...DAMAGING
WINDS...OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE...1 800 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT
WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.
LAT...LON 4433 7193 4433 7198 4428 7206 4425 7204
4418 7205 4415 7203 4411 7205 4409 7202
4400 7210 4396 7209 4394 7212 4404 7252
4421 7256 4439 7193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 244DEG 44KT 4417 7233
$$
VTC005-017-023-270015-
/O.CON.KBTV.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110527T0015Z/
CALEDONIA VT-ORANGE VT-WASHINGTON VT-
809 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN ORANGE AND SOUTHERN CALEDONIA
COUNTIES...
AT 804 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE
TORNADO WAS NEAR ORANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
GROTON...RICKER STATE PARK...
THIS TORNADO 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.
TAKE COVER NOW. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO.
&&
LAT...LON 4433 7193 4433 7198 4428 7206 4425 7204
4418 7205 4415 7203 4411 7205 4409 7202
4400 7210 4396 7209 4394 7212 4404 7252
4421 7256 4439 7193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 244DEG 44KT 4417 7233
$$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, 7:29 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, 7:59 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.