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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

August 2, 2014Clinton County, Essex County, Franklin County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2014, 1:01 PM EDT for Clinton County, Essex County, Franklin County, New York. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2014, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 317 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2014-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 210 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2014-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 7:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 7:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 4:49 AM EDT, 8 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
449 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-030900-
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-
449 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

EXPECT AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN NEW YORK AND THE
NORTHERN HALF OF VERMONT.

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

ONCE AGAIN...THERE WILL BE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ANY STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING
AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
101 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

NYZ027>031-034-035-087-021800-
EASTERN CLINTON NY-EASTERN ESSEX NY-NORTHERN FRANKLIN NY-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY-
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-WESTERN CLINTON NY-WESTERN ESSEX NY-
101 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CLINTON...FRANKLIN...NORTHERN
ESSEX AND SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTIES...

AT 1254 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS
THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL CREATE TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS OVER A SMALL AREA.

BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING. PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN CREATE
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY.

IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. STAY IN SAFE SHELTER AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER YOU HEAR
THE LAST CLAP OF THUNDER.

LAT...LON 4501 7338 4412 7344 4409 7428 4412 7431
      4405 7505 4425 7553 4501 7392

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex64 min
Aug 2, 3:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVEssex3 hr
Aug 2, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin54 min
Aug 2, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison52 min
Aug 2, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVOrleans41 min
Aug 2, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison46 min
Aug 2, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVOrleans40 min
Aug 2, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison63 min
Aug 2, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVClinton, Essex, Franklin60 min
Aug 2, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New York, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.