Alert archive / Vermont / Flash Flood Watches in 2013
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood watch at Jul 1, 2013, 2:59 AM EDT for 11 counties in Vermont; Clinton County, Essex County, Franklin County, New York. It took effect at Jul 1, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2013, 2:59 AM EDT (06:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2013, 11:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Addison County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 30, 7:47 PM EDT, 7 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 7:47 PM EDT, 7 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:45 AM EDT, 22 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 445 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-010845- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE- WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA- WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR- EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND- 445 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY. THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE FROM THE EASTERN ADIRONDACKS INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...ALONG WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. ONCE AGAIN...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AND POOR URBAN DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...GIVEN THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. THE AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF PRECIPITATION WILL DECREASE AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE DAILY CHANCES OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR MONDAY THROUGH MOST OF THIS UPCOMING WEEK. THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AS THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE INCREASES BY EARLY THIS UPCOMING WEEK. IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAYBE NEEDED FOR TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison | 60 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Vermont, 2013Flash Flood Watches in New York, 2013Every flash flood watch 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.