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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

July 15, 2012Clinton County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2012, 5:04 PM EDT for Clinton County, New York. It was in force for 56 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 15, 2012, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT

County Clinton County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 15, 3:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 4:42 AM EDT, 12 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
442 AM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-160845-
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-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-
EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-
442 AM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL
VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN
VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BE STRONG...WITH SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND
LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
226 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012

VTZ003-004-006>008-010-151930-
CALEDONIA VT-ESSEX VT-LAMOILLE VT-ORANGE VT-ORLEANS VT-WASHINGTON VT-
226 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CALEDONIA...
EASTERN WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL ORANGE...SOUTHEASTERN LAMOILLE...
SOUTHEASTERN ORLEANS AND SOUTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTIES...

AT 220 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS
WESTERN CALEDONIA AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
SOUTH WOODBURY...MARSHFIELD...WEST GROTON...STILLWATER STATE PARK...
WOLCOTT...LOWER CABOT...HARDWICK...CABOT...NORTH WOLCOTT...EAST
CABOT...SOUTH WALDEN...PEACHAM...

BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING. PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN CREATE
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY.

LAT...LON 4440 7175 4439 7179 4435 7181 4433 7187
      4434 7191 4432 7202 4428 7206 4425 7204
      4421 7205 4414 7259 4452 7270 4485 7198

MUCCILLI

Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
308 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0206 PM     HAIL             1 WNW WEST DANVILLE     44.42N  72.22W
07/15/2012  M0.75 INCH       CALEDONIA          VT   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER BTV1200255

MUCCILLI

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
325 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012

NYZ028-030-031-034-035-152015-
EASTERN CLINTON NY-EASTERN ESSEX NY-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY-
WESTERN CLINTON NY-WESTERN ESSEX NY-
325 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012

...A CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH
CLINTON...NORTH CENTRAL ESSEX AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 317 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM CANNON CORNERS TO 5 MILES EAST OF AXTON
LANDING...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...UP TO ONE INCH IN
ONE HOUR AND ARE MOVING INTO AN AREA WHICH HAS ALREADY RECEIVED
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH. THIS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND
ON ROADS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THERE MAY BE RAPID RISES ON
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...AND SMALL PEA-SIZED HAIL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
CANNON CORNERS...SARANAC LAKE...CHAZY LAKE...RIVERVIEW...RAY BROOK...
ALTONA...UNION FALLS...DANNEMORA...MOOERS...LAKE PLACID...
MOFFITTSVILLE...

BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING. PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN CREATE
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY.

LAT...LON 4453 7343 4426 7390 4412 7440 4501 7384
      4502 7339

MUCCILLI

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:04 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Caledonia, Washington	64 min
Jul 15, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Clinton	50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.