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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2012, 3:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 42 min. 6 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, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 3:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caledonia County, VT, Essex County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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, 3:15 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 |
| May 29, 3:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Sse Albany, VT | SHAVE |
| May 29, 3:37 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | West Glover, VT | |
| May 29, 3:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Glover, VT | 2 FOOT DIAMETER MAPLE TREE DOWN |
| May 29, 3:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | West Glover, VT | BEAR CLAW RD |
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
737
WFUS51 KBTV 291912
TORBTV
VTC005-009-015-019-292015-
/O.NEW.KBTV.TO.W.0003.120529T1912Z-120529T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
312 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CALEDONIA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...
EAST CENTRAL LAMOILLE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT...
SOUTHERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...
SOUTHERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.
* AT 307 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALBANY CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
WEST GLOVER...BARTON...GLOVER...STANNARD...SHEFFIELD...SUTTON...
NORTH DANVILLE...WEST BURKE...EAST BURKE...LYNDONVILLE...EAST
BURKE...EAST HAVEN...
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 4440 7171 4439 7179 4435 7181 4434 7185
4464 7253 4484 7243 4468 7157 4466 7158
4465 7155 4463 7155
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 287DEG 25KT 4470 7230
$$3 follow-up statements
967
WWUS51 KBTV 291923
SVSBTV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
323 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
VTC005-009-015-019-292015-
/O.CON.KBTV.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120529T2015Z/
CALEDONIA VT-LAMOILLE VT-ORLEANS VT-ESSEX VT-
323 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
ESSEX...SOUTHERN ORLEANS AND NORTHERN CALEDONIA COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST
VERMONT...AND EAST CENTRAL LAMOILLE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT...
AT 321 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE
TORNADO WAS NEAR SOUTH ALBANY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
IN ADDITION...HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS DANGEROUS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
GLOVER...EXIT 25 I91...SHEFFIELD...WHEELOCK...SUTTON...WEST
BURKE...EAST BURKE...BURKE HOLLOW...VICTORY...SOUTH KIRBY...GALLUP
MILLS...GRANBY...
THIS TORNADO IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...DAMAGING
WINDS...OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE...1 800 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT
WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE...OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AS A LAST RESORT..LIE DOWN IN A LOW
LYING AREA AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM TUESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.
&&
LAT...LON 4440 7171 4439 7179 4435 7181 4434 7185
4465 7249 4482 7236 4468 7157 4466 7158
4465 7155 4463 7155
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 291DEG 23KT 4468 7225
$$671
WWUS51 KBTV 291945
SVSBTV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
345 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
VTC015-291955-
/O.CAN.KBTV.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120529T2015Z/
LAMOILLE VT-
345 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAMOILLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WARNING.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.
LAT...LON 4440 7171 4439 7179 4435 7181 4434 7185
4465 7234 4480 7222 4468 7157 4466 7158
4465 7155 4463 7155
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 291DEG 23KT 4463 7207
$$
VTC005-009-019-292015-
/O.CON.KBTV.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120529T2015Z/
CALEDONIA VT-ORLEANS VT-ESSEX VT-
345 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
ESSEX...SOUTHEASTERN ORLEANS AND NORTHERN CALEDONIA COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST VERMONT...
AT 336 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE
POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEAR SHEFFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
SUTTON...WEST BURKE...EAST BURKE...BURKE HOLLOW...VICTORY...SOUTH
KIRBY...GALLUP MILLS...GRANBY...
THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...DAMAGING
WINDS...OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE...1 800 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT
WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE...OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AS A LAST RESORT..LIE DOWN IN A LOW
LYING AREA AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM TUESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.
&&
LAT...LON 4440 7171 4439 7179 4435 7181 4434 7185
4465 7234 4480 7222 4468 7157 4466 7158
4465 7155 4463 7155
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 291DEG 23KT 4463 7207
$$316
WWUS51 KBTV 291954
SVSBTV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
354 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
VTC005-009-019-292003-
/O.CAN.KBTV.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120529T2015Z/
CALEDONIA VT-ORLEANS VT-ESSEX VT-
354 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ESSEX...SOUTHEASTERN ORLEANS AND
NORTHERN CALEDONIA COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST VERMONT IS CANCELLED...
THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WARNING.
HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WIND...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING REMAIN POSSIBLE.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS DURING THUNDERSTORMS. REMAIN IN SAFE
SHELTER AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER YOU HEAR THE LAST CLAP OF THUNDER.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.
LAT...LON 4440 7171 4439 7179 4435 7181 4434 7185
4465 7234 4480 7222 4468 7157 4466 7158
4465 7155 4463 7155
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 291DEG 23KT 4461 7200
$$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, 2:50 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, 3:28 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.