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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 1:30 PM EDT for Franklin County, New York. It was in force for 60 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 9, 2012, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
County Franklin County, NY
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 780 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 965 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 9, 12:35 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 12:35 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 10:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1042 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-101445- 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- 1042 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAL COVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONGER STORMS ACROSS ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK AND THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF VERMONT. EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LIGHTNING WITH ANY OF THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOME LIKELY DURING THIS TIME FRAME. ANY STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE COMBINATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TIME PERIOD COULD RESULT IN SOME ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 10:20 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1020 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-092000- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS... RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 1020 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 ...STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH COUNTRY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH COUNTRY BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BECOME STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM STRONG WINDS...WITH HAIL BEING A SECONDARY THREAT. HOWEVER...ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL VERMONT AND THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE BETWEEN 200 PM AND 800 PM. BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. LOCONTO
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 1:30 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 130 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 NYZ029>031-034-091830- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY-WESTERN CLINTON NY- WESTERN ESSEX NY- 130 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL ESSEX... SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTIES... AT 126 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TUPPER LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... AXTON LANDING...WAWBEEK...SARANAC INN...LAKE CLEAR...SARANAC LAKE... LAKE COLBY...RAY BROOK...LAKE PLACID...FRANKLIN FALLS... VERMONTVILLE... GET TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING. PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. LAT...LON 4453 7392 4428 7377 4411 7449 4428 7459 LOCONTO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison | 84 min |
| Aug 9, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Caledonia | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Addison, Rutland | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Orleans | 57 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.