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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2012, 8:13 PM EDT for Addison County, Vermont. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 5, 2012, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
County Addison County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | East Middlebury, VT | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON ROUTE 125 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1547 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
937
WWUS81 KBTV 060013
SPSBTV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
813 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
NYZ034-035-VTZ003-005-006-008-009-017-018-060115-
EASTERN ADDISON VT-EASTERN CHITTENDEN VT-EASTERN ESSEX NY-LAMOILLE
VT-
ORLEANS VT-WASHINGTON VT-WESTERN ADDISON VT-WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-
WESTERN ESSEX NY-
813 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ADDISON...
SOUTHEASTERN CHITTENDEN...SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX...SOUTHERN LAMOILLE...
SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 807 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
WILLISTON VERMONT TO TICONDEROGA NEW YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THERE MAY BE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
EXIT 11 I89...EAST MONKTON...WEST BOLTON...JERICHO CENTER...WEST
CORNWALL...SHOREHAM CENTER...BUELS GORE...SALISBURY STATION...NORTH
DUXBURY...LINCOLN...NORTH FAYSTON...WATERBURY...
GET TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 4464 7241 4392 7293 4379 7337 4380 7338
4379 7355 4444 7310
$$
MUCCILLIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Rutland | 65 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.