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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2012, 2:50 PM EDT for 4 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 25 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, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caledonia County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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, 3:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Eden Mills, VT | AT LEAST QUARTER-SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS |
| May 29, 3:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Lowell, VT | |
| May 29, 3:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Albany, VT | QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND SOME DOWNED BRANCHES |
| May 29, 3:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 E South Albany, VT | EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED ALONG BEACH HILL ROAD IN WEST GLOVER |
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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.
642 WFUS51 KBTV 291850 TORBTV VTC005-011-015-019-291915- /O.NEW.KBTV.TO.W.0002.120529T1850Z-120529T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 250 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CALEDONIA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT... NORTHEASTERN LAMOILLE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT... SOUTHERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT... EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT... * UNTIL 315 PM EDT. * AT 245 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BELVIDERE CORNERS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... LOWELL...WESTFIELD...ALBANY...EAST ALBANY...WEST GLOVER... 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 4490 7201 4447 7213 4469 7270 4491 7262 TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 289DEG 22KT 4477 7253 $$
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, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BTV | Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans | 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, 2:59 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.