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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2014, 5:54 PM EDT for Clinton County, Essex County, Franklin County, New York. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2014, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 6:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Saranac Lake, NY | BASEMENT FLOODING IN THE CITY OF SARANAC LAKE |
| Jul 3, 7:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ene Bloomingdale, NY | CULVERT WASHOUT ON FLETCHER FARM ROAD... ROAD DOWN TO ONE LANE. |
| Jul 3, 7:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Saranac, NY | MINOR WASHOUT OF CHAZY LAKE ROAD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
348 WGUS51 KBTV 032154 FFWBTV NYC019-031-033-040200- /O.NEW.KBTV.FF.W.0002.140703T2154Z-140704T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 554 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK... CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK... EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. * AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. 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 SARANAC...CLAYBURG...AND RIVERVIEW. 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...8 0 2 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR 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 4490 7394 4491 7351 4432 7374 4426 7419 $$ HANSON
1 follow-up statement
417 WGUS71 KBTV 040009 FFSBTV FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 809 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 NYC019-031-033-040019- /O.CAN.KBTV.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140704T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ESSEX NY-CLINTON NY-FRANKLIN NY- 809 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN...CLINTON AND NORTH CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTIES IN NORTHERN NEW YORK... WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED...THE HAZARDS CREATED BY FLOODING WILL REMAIN. STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH...AND ROADS...BRIDGES AND CULVERTS MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT. OBEY ALL ROAD CLOSURE SIGNS...THEY ARE THERE FOR YOUR SAFETY...AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH DAMAGED AREAS. LAT...LON 4490 7394 4491 7351 4432 7374 4426 7419 $$ HANSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Clinton, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.