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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Burlington, VT

May 25, 2013Orleans County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2013, 4:11 PM EDT for Orleans County, Vermont. It took effect at May 25, 2013, 10:30 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2013, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2013, 10:30 PM EDT
Expired: May 26, 2013, 12:12 PM EDT
In force: 14 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 20:15 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 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 25, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 3:47 AM EDT, 12 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
347 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

NYZ028-031-034-035-VTZ002>012-016>019-260800-
EASTERN CLINTON-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-
WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-
EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-
347 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL
VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN
VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING
ACROSS THE COLDER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VTZ001-260800-
GRAND ISLE-
347 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SOME PONDING OF WATER
IN LOW LYING FIELDS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ026-027-029-030-087-260800-
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
347 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING
ACROSS THE COLD VALLEYS LOCATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 3:43 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
343 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

NYZ031-034-VTZ003-004-006>008-010-012-016>019-261200-
WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-
WASHINGTON-ORANGE-WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...NEWPORT...
ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...
BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...
ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...
EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON
343 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWFALL WILL LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT...

LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MIXED RAIN AND WET SNOW WAS FALLING AT
ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 800 AND 1200 FEET WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL
ABOVE 1500 FEET.

THESE TRENDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A WET TRACE TO 3 INCHES BETWEEN 800
AND 1500 FEET WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES AND LOCALLY MORE POSSIBLE ABOVE
2000 FEET...ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMITS.

THIS HEAVY WET SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
ALONG WITH FULLY LEAFED TREES WILL CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES
AND POSSIBLY MORE WIDESPREAD OUTAGES IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.

IN ADDITION...ROADWAYS ABOVE 1000 FEET WILL LIKELY WITNESS SOME
SNOW COVER BUT PLOWABLE SNOWFALL LIKELY ABOVE 1500 FEET. IF
TRAVELING ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS...PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION.
CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD PLAN FOR WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS IN THE
HIGHER MOUNTAIN SUMMITS THIS WEEKEND.

SLW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 1:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BTV	Caledonia	18 hr
May 25, 4:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BTV	Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille	17 hr
May 25, 7:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BTV	Clinton, Essex	18 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.