Alert archive / Vermont / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Burlington, VT
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:31 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Enosburg Falls, VT | |
| May 29, 2:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 W Enosburg Falls, VT | TRAINED SPOTTER |
| May 29, 2:48 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Enosburg Falls, VT | |
| May 29, 3:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Eden Mills, VT | AT 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 12:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 12:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Orange, Windsor | 60 min |
| May 29, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Orange, Windsor | 39 min |
| May 29, 1:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Orange, Washington | 63 min |
| May 29, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Washington | 60 min |
| May 29, 2:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Washington | 41 min |
| May 29, 2:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Franklin, Orleans | 57 min |
| May 29, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Chittenden | 63 min |
| May 29, 4:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Chittenden | 62 min |
| May 29, 4:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Grand Isle | 29 min |
| May 29, 5:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orleans | 55 min |
| May 29, 6:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison | 64 min |
| May 29, 7:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BTV | Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle and 5 more | 15 hr |
| May 29, 8:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Caledonia, Chittenden, Orange, Washington | 53 min |
| May 29, 9:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Caledonia | 63 min |
| May 29, 9:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Essex | 28 min |
| May 29, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin, Grand Isle | 34 min |
| May 29, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin, Grand Isle, Orleans | 61 min |
| May 29, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Rutland, Windsor | 57 min |
| May 29, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Washington | 84 min |
| May 29, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Rutland | 64 min |
| May 29, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle | 57 min |
| May 29, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Washington | 23 min |
| May 29, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor | 59 min |
| May 29, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans | 25 min |
| May 29, 2:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Addison | 4 hr |
| May 29, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille | 66 min |
| May 29, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Essex, Lamoille, Orleans | 42 min |
| May 29, 3:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor | 4 hr |
| May 29, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin, Orleans | 30 min |
| May 29, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Caledonia, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor | 64 min |
| May 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orleans, Washington | 47 min |
| May 29, 4:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BTV | Addison, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor | 29 min |
| May 29, 4:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Orange, Rutland, Windsor | 66 min |
| May 29, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Rutland, Windsor | 2 hr |
| May 29, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Windsor | 24 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.