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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2013, 10:13 PM EDT for St. Lawrence County, New York. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2013, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2013, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County St. Lawrence County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 22, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 1240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 22, 8:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 8:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 1:07 PM EDT, 9 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 107 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-231715- 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- 107 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 210 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A SLOW MOVING SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY ON THURSDAY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR POOR DRAINAGE AND MINOR FIELD FLOODING. IN ADDITION...A FEW STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 22, 6:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
651 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0649 PM HAIL 2 S STOWE 44.44N 72.69W
05/22/2013 E0.25 INCH LAMOILLE VT TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER BTV1300047
LOCONTOLocal storm report, May 22, 6:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
653 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0618 PM HAIL 1 SSW UNDERHILL 44.52N 72.95W
05/22/2013 E0.25 INCH CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER BTV1300048
LOCONTOLocal storm report, May 22, 6:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
659 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0612 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SW WEST BOLTON 44.43N 72.91W
05/22/2013 CHITTENDEN VT NWS EMPLOYEE
TREES DOWN ON STAGE ROAD
&&
EVENT NUMBER BTV1300049
NEILESSpecial weather statement, May 22, 8:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
826 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
VTZ003-006-007-016-230115-
CALEDONIA VT-EASTERN FRANKLIN VT-LAMOILLE VT-ORLEANS VT-
826 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL
FRANKLIN... NORTH CENTRAL CALEDONIA...NORTHEASTERN LAMOILLE AND
ORLEANS COUNTIES...
AT 818 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 1 MILE SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY CENTER TO 2
MILES NORTH OF BAKERSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...THE AREA HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL PERIODS OF
RAIN IN RECENT DAYS AND HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE
ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND PONDING OF WATER ON
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
LOWELL...EDEN MILLS...ALBANY...WESTFIELD...ALBANY CENTER...EAST
ALBANY...IRASBURG...COVENTRY...EXIT 26 I91...ORLEANS...
GET TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.
LAT...LON 4496 7262 4497 7247 4497 7229 4498 7213
4498 7200 4493 7199 4466 7201 4472 7275
4490 7274
LOCONTOSpecial weather statement, May 22, 9:43 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 943 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013 NYZ026-027-029-087-230330- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...STAR LAKE... OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR 943 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS SAINT LAWRENCE AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN NEW YORK... AT 937 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE ONSHORE FROM THE EASTERN END OF LAKE ONTARIO INTO INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY NEW YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH SAINT LAWRENCE AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...EXPECT STRONG WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LOCONTO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Orleans | 49 min |
| May 22, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin, Grand Isle | 57 min |
| May 23, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans, Washington | 59 min |
| May 23, 1:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Caledonia, Orleans, Washington | 55 min |
| May 23, 4:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BTV | Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle and 5 more | 23 hr |
| May 23, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Franklin | 61 min |
| May 23, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Chittenden | 52 min |
| May 23, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Chittenden | 40 min |
| May 23, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Essex, Orleans | 60 min |
| May 23, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Lamoille, Washington | 54 min |
| May 23, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Chittenden | 54 min |
| May 23, 5:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Lamoille | 9 hr |
| May 23, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Essex, Lamoille, Orleans | 55 min |
| May 23, 7:41 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BTV | Orleans | 4 days |
| May 22, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Clinton, Franklin | 86 min |
| May 22, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin, St. Lawrence | 55 min |
| May 23, 12:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Essex | 58 min |
| May 23, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Franklin, St. Lawrence | 53 min |
| May 23, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Franklin | 60 min |
| May 23, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Clinton | 63 min |
| May 23, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Essex | 58 min |
| May 23, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Essex | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.