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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Burlington, VT

May 24, 2013Orleans County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2013, 10:58 AM EDT for Orleans County, Vermont. It took effect at May 24, 2013, 12:44 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2013, 10:58 AM EDT (14:58 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2013, 12:44 PM EDT
Expired: May 24, 2013, 11:46 PM EDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT
Flood severity: Minor

County Orleans County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missisquoi River at North Troy (NTYV1).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04293000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at May 24, 10:42 AM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 10:42 AM EDT, 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 8:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	59 min
May 23, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	59 min
May 23, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison, Rutland, Washington	63 min
May 23, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Lamoille, Orleans	56 min
May 23, 10:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BTV	Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans	4 hr
May 23, 11:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Caledonia, Rutland, Washington	58 min
May 23, 11:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Lamoille, Orleans	53 min
May 24, 12:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BTV	Caledonia	7 hr
May 24, 2:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BTV	Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille	22 hr
May 24, 4:01 PM EDT	Flood Watch	BTV	Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Lamoille and 4 more	39 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Vermont, 2013 Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.