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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Burlington, VT

May 29, 2012Franklin County, Lamoille County, Orleans County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2012, 2:18 PM EDT for Franklin County, Lamoille County, Orleans County, Vermont. It was in force for 57 min. 4 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 29, 2012, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 2:31 PM EDTHAIL 1Enosburg Falls, VT
May 29, 2:45 PM EDTHAIL 11 W Enosburg Falls, VTTRAINED SPOTTER
May 29, 2:48 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Enosburg Falls, VT
May 29, 3:00 PM EDTHAIL 1Eden Mills, VTAT LEAST QUARTER-SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 12:26 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 224 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2012-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2012-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

721 
WFUS51 KBTV 291818
TORBTV
VTC011-015-019-291915-
/O.NEW.KBTV.TO.W.0001.120529T1818Z-120529T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
218 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LAMOILLE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT...
  NORTHWESTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...
  CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.

* AT 217 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELDON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  LAKE CARMI STATE PARK...ENOSBURG FALLS...BAKERSFIELD...BELVIDERE
  CENTER...MONTGOMERY...MONTGOMERY CENTER...

THIS TORNADIC STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS...LARGE 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 900 PM TUESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.

&&

LAT...LON 4500 7250 4470 7249 4478 7305 4495 7304
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 268DEG 23KT 4487 7293

$$
1 follow-up statement
808 
WWUS51 KBTV 291837
SVSBTV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
237 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

VTC011-015-019-291915-
/O.CON.KBTV.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120529T1915Z/
LAMOILLE VT-ORLEANS VT-FRANKLIN VT-
237 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...AND EASTERN
FRANKLIN AND NORTH CENTRAL LAMOILLE COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST VERMONT...

AT 235 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE
TORNADO WAS NEAR MONTGOMERY CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  EDEN MILLS...

THIS TORNADO IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...LARGE 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 900 PM TUESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.

&&

LAT...LON 4478 7287 4497 7287 4500 7250 4470 7249
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 280DEG 41KT 4483 7263

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 12:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVOrange, Windsor60 min
May 29, 12:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOrange, Windsor39 min
May 29, 1:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Orange, Washington63 min
May 29, 1:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex, Orange, Washington60 min
May 29, 2:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden, Washington41 min
May 29, 2:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin, Orleans57 min
May 29, 4:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden63 min
May 29, 4:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden62 min
May 29, 4:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVGrand Isle29 min
May 29, 5:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orleans55 min
May 29, 6:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison64 min
May 29, 7:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchBTVAddison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle and 5 more15 hr
May 29, 8:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVCaledonia, Chittenden, Orange, Washington53 min
May 29, 9:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVCaledonia63 min
May 29, 9:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex28 min
May 29, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, Grand Isle34 min
May 29, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, Grand Isle, Orleans61 min
May 29, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Rutland, Windsor57 min
May 29, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden, Washington84 min
May 29, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Rutland64 min
May 29, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle57 min
May 29, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Washington23 min
May 29, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor59 min
May 29, 2:50 PM EDTTornado WarningBTVCaledonia, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans25 min
May 29, 2:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVAddison4 hr
May 29, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille66 min
May 29, 3:12 PM EDTTornado WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex, Lamoille, Orleans42 min
May 29, 3:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor4 hr
May 29, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, Orleans30 min
May 29, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Caledonia, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor64 min
May 29, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orleans, Washington47 min
May 29, 4:02 PM EDTTornado WarningBTVAddison, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor29 min
May 29, 4:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVCaledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans and 1 more4 hr
May 29, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOrange, Rutland, Windsor66 min
May 29, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVRutland, Windsor2 hr
May 29, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVWindsor24 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.