Alert archive / Vermont / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2013, 5:07 PM EDT for Caledonia County, Essex County, Orleans County, Vermont. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2013, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Caledonia County, VT, Essex County, VT, Orleans County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
845
WGUS51 KBTV 292107
FFWBTV
VTC005-009-019-300100-
/O.NEW.KBTV.FF.W.0013.130629T2107Z-130630T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
507 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CALEDONIA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...
EASTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...
WEST CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VERMONT...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATES THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ALREADY
FROM PRIOR THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL VERMONT AND WILL BRING ANOTHER
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN TO THE WARNED. SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS WILL QUICKLY LEAVE THEIR BANKS. CULVERTS AND ROADSIDE
DITCHES WILL BE OVERWHELMED BY WATER. ROAD WASHOUTS ARE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY ON BACK ROADS AND UNPAVED SURFACES.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST
BROWNINGTON...WESTMORE...EAST CHARLESTON...SUTTON...
IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODING...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING 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...
STAY AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU ARE
THREATENED BY FLOODING OR ARE DIRECTED BY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...THE ROAD MAY BE
WASHED AWAY BENEATH THE WATER SURFACE...AND IT ONLY TAKES A FEW
INCHES OF FLOWING WATER TO CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. MOST FLOOD DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES...MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING...
AND IMMEDIATE ACTION MUST BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4495 7213 4495 7185 4467 7187 4460 7202
4458 7213 4464 7213 4477 7213
$$
LOCONTO1 follow-up statement
566
WGUS71 KBTV 292226
FFSBTV
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
626 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013
VTC005-009-019-292237-
/O.CAN.KBTV.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130630T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CALEDONIA VT-ORLEANS VT-ESSEX VT-
626 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN ORLEANS AND
NORTHEASTERN CALEDONIA COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...AND WEST
CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VERMONT...
WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED...THE HAZARDS CREATED BY
FLOODING WILL REMAIN. STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH...AND
ROADS...BRIDGES AND CULVERTS MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT. OBEY ALL ROAD
CLOSURE SIGNS...THEY ARE THERE FOR YOUR SAFETY...AND DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH DAMAGED AREAS.
LAT...LON 4495 7213 4495 7185 4467 7187 4460 7202
4458 7213 4464 7213 4477 7213
$$
LAHIFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison, Lamoille | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison, Lamoille | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Chittenden | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Essex | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 3:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Lamoille, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Orleans | 73 min |
| Jun 29, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Chittenden, Lamoille | 51 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Vermont, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013
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.