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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2012, 7:13 PM EDT for Chittenden County, Lamoille County, Washington County, Vermont. It was in force for 62 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
- Aug 5, 2012, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
Counties Chittenden County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Washington County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 520 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 5, 4:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 4:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 407 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. BY MONDAY MORNING A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP INTO THE REGION...ENDING THE RAIN THREAT AND RETURN TEMPERATURES TO NEAR NORMAL. FAIR WEATHER WILL FOLLOW THROUGH MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY MORNING/... AS OF 400 PM EDT SUNDAY...CONVECTIVE THREAT HAS HAD A LOT TO WORK AGAINST TODAY...AS EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS MORNING HAS USED UP THE AVAILABLE CAPE. A MESOSCALE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH MIDDAY...AND HAS TRACKED ALONG SOUTHERN LAKE ONTARIO. CLOUDS HAVE CLEARED SOMEWHAT IN NORTHERN NEW YORK ALLOWING SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S. THIS IS STARTING TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE...WITH SURFACE BASED CAPES APPROACHING 3000 J/KG. IN ADDITION...WITH APPROACHING COLD FRONT 0-6KM BULK SHEAR GETTING UP TO 40 TO 50 KTS. UPPER JET DYNAMICS BECOMING MORE FAVORABLE THROUGH THE EVENING AS NORTHERN NEW YORK FALLS UNDER RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF 500-250 MB JET. SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY APPEARS TO BE UNDER GREATEST SEVERE THREAT AS STORM CLUSTER CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST. SECONDARY ROUND OF STORMS EXPECTED ORIENTED MORE WITH COLD FRONT TRAILING THE MESO SYSTEM THIS EVENING...AND MOVE WEST TO EAST LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LESS OF A SEVERE THREAT WITH THESE STORMS...ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN NEW YORK WILL FEEL AFFECTS OF COLD FRONT BY MORNING AS LOW AND MID LEVEL DRYING TAKES PLACE ALONG WITH SOME COLD AIR ADVECTION. TEMPS MAINLY IN 50S IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...ALTHOUGH CAN'T RULE OUT SOME 40S IN HIGHER TERRAIN AND COOL SPOTS. 60S IN VERMONT. HEAVY RAIN THREAT ADDRESSED IN HYDRO SECTION BELOW. && .SHORT TERM /8 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 400 PM EDT SUNDAY...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO REGION DURING THIS SHORT TERM PERIOD...WHILE BROAD UPPER TROUGH SETTLES INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. COMBINATION OF LOW HEIGHTS AND HIGH AT SURFACE WILL ALLOW FOR BIG DIURNAL TEMP SWINGS WITH COOL NIGHTTIME LOWS AND SUNNY DAYS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 431 AM EDT SUNDAY...A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH FAIR AND DRY WEATHER EXPECTED. ECMWF AND GFS MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE GONE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST WILL REMAIN DRY ON WEDNESDAY. EXPECTING DRY WEATHER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME SURFACE HEATING. ECMWF AND GFS HINTING AT SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...SO HAVE GONE WITH LOW CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE WEATHER WILL BECOME UNSETTLED TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS SHOWING AN UPPER TROUGH AND A CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES SLOWLY SWINGING EASTWARD...BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. COOLER AIR ALOFT WILL WORK INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR MORE RAIN SHOWERS ON SUNDAY. && .AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... THROUGH 18Z MONDAY...GENEREALLY VFR EXCEPT SCT IFR VIS IN THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THROUGH 00Z...THEN WIND DIMINISHES AND SHIFTS WEST TOWARD 06Z. BY MORNING WINDS AROUND TO NORTHWEST. PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE IN VALLEY LOCATIONS...HOWEVER LEFT OUT OF INDIVIDUAL TAFS AS RAIN OCCURRENCE AT TAF SITES WILL DETERMINE FOG POTENTIAL. OUTLOOK 12Z MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA MONDAY AND CONTINUING RIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH SOME AREAS OF MVFR/IFR POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDRSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && .HYDROLOGY... MOIST AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS APPROACHING 2 INCHES AND 200 PERCENT NORMAL. TALL SKINNY CAPE AND WARM COALESCENS DEPTHS IN EXCESS OF 3KM WILL ENHANCE RAIN EFFICIENCY. STORMS HAVE PRODUCED BIG RAIN AMOUNTS IN SHORT AMOUNTS OF TIME...ROCHESTER NY RECEIVED 1.26 IN ABOUT 40 MINUTES EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER FORWARD MOTION OF STORMS WILL LIMIT RAINFALL OVER ANY ONE AREA...REDUCING FLOOD THREAT. WILL STILL NEED TO MAINTAIN AWARENESS FOR STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER SAME AREA. && .MARINE... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT... WINDS AT 10 TO 20 KTS THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BUILD WAVES TO 2 TO 5 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...WINDS WILL BECOME 10 TO 20 KTS...WITH WAVES DECREASING TO 1 TO 3 FEET. THERE IS ALSO A LAKE THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF IT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS...POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 3 MILES. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HANSON NEAR TERM...HANSON SHORT TERM...HANSON LONG TERM...WGH AVIATION...HANSON HYDROLOGY...HANSON MARINE...BTV
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 4:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 408 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-062015- 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- 408 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK THROUGH ABOUT 800 PM TONIGHT AND BETWEEN 600 PM AND MIDNIGHT ACROSS VERMONT. NORTHERN NEW YORK WILL HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR THE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH STRONG WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING EXPECTED. WHILE THE THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IS NOT AS GREAT ACROSS VERMONT...ANY STORMS WILL STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER AS STORMS APPROACH! .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
605 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
NYZ034-035-052300-
EASTERN ESSEX NY-WESTERN ESSEX NY-
605 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN ESSEX
COUNTY...
AT 556 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF AXTON LANDING TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LONG LAKE TO
5 MILES SOUTH OF RAQUETTE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
NEWCOMB...TAHAWUS...VANDERWHACKER MOUNTAIN...UNDERWOOD...MINERVA...
PARADOX...MINEVILLE...PHAROAH MOUNTAIN...CHILSON...
GET TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 4379 7406 4380 7411 4382 7415 4381 7422
4392 7434 4397 7426 4405 7428 4409 7425
4411 7345 4390 7341 4378 7357 4374 7405
MUCCILLISpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 6:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:16 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
616 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
NYZ028-030-031-034-035-VTZ001-052315-
EASTERN CLINTON NY-EASTERN ESSEX NY-GRAND ISLE VT-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY-WESTERN CLINTON NY-WESTERN ESSEX NY-
616 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL
FRANKLIN...NORTHERN ESSEX...SOUTHERN CLINTON AND WEST CENTRAL GRAND
ISLE COUNTIES...
AT 609 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5
MILES NORTHEAST OF BRYANTS MILL TO FRANKLIN FALLS TO 3 MILES NORTH OF
TAHAWUS IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PLATTSBURGH AROUND 650 PM EDT...
BOATERS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STRONG WINDS WILL
CAUSE HIGHER WAVES AND SUDDEN WIND SHIFTS MAY OVERTURN SMALL BOATS.
LAT...LON 4484 7334 4458 7341 4412 7343 4409 7406
4444 7399 4483 7415
MUCCILLISpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 6:20 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
620 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
NYZ028-031-VTZ001-002-052315-
EASTERN CLINTON NY-GRAND ISLE VT-WESTERN CLINTON NY-
WESTERN FRANKLIN VT-
620 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN CLINTON...
NORTHERN GRAND ISLE AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 615 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ELLENBURG CENTER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
MOOERS FORKS...CANNON CORNERS...MOOERS...SCIOTA...PERRY MILLS...EXIT
43 I87...ALBURGH...ALBURGH SPRINGS...
BOATERS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STRONG WINDS WILL
CAUSE HIGHER WAVES AND SUDDEN WIND SHIFTS MAY OVERTURN SMALL BOATS.
LAT...LON 4501 7311 4484 7351 4483 7391 4499 7401
4501 7396 4502 7344 4502 7311
MUCCILLILocal storm report, Aug 5, 6:26 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
626 PM EDT SUN AUG 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKE CLEAR 44.37N 74.23W
08/05/2012 FRANKLIN NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN BLOCKING ROUTE 30
&&
EVENT NUMBER BTV1200369
NFSpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 7:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
713 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
NYZ028-034-035-VTZ001-002-005-006-008-009-016>018-060015-
EASTERN ADDISON VT-EASTERN CHITTENDEN VT-EASTERN CLINTON NY-
EASTERN ESSEX NY-EASTERN FRANKLIN VT-GRAND ISLE VT-LAMOILLE VT-
WASHINGTON VT-WESTERN ADDISON VT-WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-
WESTERN ESSEX NY-WESTERN FRANKLIN VT-
713 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CHITTENDEN...
NORTH CENTRAL ADDISON...NORTHEASTERN ESSEX...NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON...SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN...SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON...
SOUTHWESTERN GRAND ISLE AND SOUTHWESTERN LAMOILLE COUNTIES...
AT 706 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
COLCHESTER REEF TO QUAKER SMITH POINT TO BOQUET...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
CHIMNEY CORNER...EXIT 17 I89...WESTFORD...EAST MONKTON...NORTH
UNDERHILL...PLEASANT VALLEY...SMUGGLERS NOTCH...SOUTH CAMBRIDGE...
CADYS FALLS...HYDE PARK...RIVERTON...EXIT 8 I89...
BOATERS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STRONG WINDS WILL
CAUSE HIGHER WAVES AND SUDDEN WIND SHIFTS MAY OVERTURN SMALL BOATS.
LAT...LON 4469 7262 4436 7259 4418 7258 4422 7358
4439 7338 4459 7339
MUCCILLIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Rutland | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | St. Lawrence | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | St. Lawrence | 67 min |
| Aug 5, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | St. Lawrence | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Essex | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Clinton, Essex | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Clinton | 55 min |
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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.