Alert archive / Vermont / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2011, 7:59 PM EDT for Caledonia County, Essex County, Vermont. It was in force for 31 min. 6 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, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caledonia County, VT, Essex County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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, 8:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Ene Passumpsic, VT | HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL |
| May 26, 8:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | St. Johnsbury, VT | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
| May 26, 8:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Nw Lower Waterford, VT | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON DUCK POND ROAD |
| May 26, 8:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, VT | US ROUTE 2 CLOSED FROM CONCORD LUNENBURG TO NH BORDER DUE TO NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. |
| May 26, 8:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lunenburg, VT | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 2 |
| May 26, 8:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Dalton, NH |
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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
528
WFUS51 KBTV 262359
TORBTV
VTC005-009-270030-
/O.NEW.KBTV.TO.W.0004.110526T2359Z-110527T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
759 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CALEDONIA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...
SOUTHERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.
* AT 754 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWER WATERFORD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
VICTORY...GILMAN...GRANBY...LUNENBURG...
THIS TORNADIC STORM 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 4456 7159 4454 7157 4450 7157 4444 7165
4440 7171 4439 7179 4435 7181 4434 7184
4434 7191 4432 7202 4454 7203 4466 7158
4465 7156 4458 7153
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 253DEG 36KT 4440 7185
$$1 follow-up statement
494
WWUS51 KBTV 270025
SVSBTV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
825 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
VTC005-009-270035-
/O.EXP.KBTV.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110527T0030Z/
CALEDONIA VT-ESSEX VT-
825 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ESSEX AND EAST CENTRAL CALEDONIA
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST VERMONT WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ALLOWED THE TORNADO WARNING TO EXPIRE.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...DAMAGING
WINDS...OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE...1 800 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT
WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.
LAT...LON 4456 7159 4454 7157 4450 7157 4444 7165
4440 7171 4439 7179 4435 7181 4434 7184
4434 7191 4432 7202 4454 7203 4466 7158
4465 7156 4458 7153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 253DEG 36KT 4447 7150
$$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, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BTV | Addison, Caledonia, Orange, Washington | 30 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.