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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

August 2, 2014Orleans County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2014, 7:04 PM EDT for Orleans County, Vermont. It was in force for 41 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, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT

County Orleans County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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, 6:35 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 6:35 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 4:49 AM EDT, 14 hours 15 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, 3:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
311 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

VTZ004-022015-
ESSEX VT-
311 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN STATIONARY OVER
CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTY...

AT 306 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEWIS.
THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND
ON ROADS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THERE MAY BE RAPID RISES ON
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
BLOOMFIELD...BRUNSWICK SPRINGS...

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

LAT...LON 4486 7155 4483 7155 4482 7157 4480 7156
      4475 7162 4473 7162 4471 7176 4488 7178
      4497 7155 4494 7151 4490 7150

NF

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
319 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

NYZ027-030-022000-
NORTHERN FRANKLIN NY-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY-
319 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTY...

AT 317 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BRUSHTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THERE MAY BE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
NORTH BANGOR...WESTVILLE CENTER...FORT COVINGTON CENTER...

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

LAT...LON 4500 7443 4500 7426 4496 7417 4472 7446
      4483 7462 4501 7451 4501 7444

NF

Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 6:23 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:04 PM EDT, 0 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
Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Essex	64 min
Aug 2, 3:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BTV	Essex	3 hr
Aug 2, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Franklin	54 min
Aug 2, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	52 min
Aug 2, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	46 min
Aug 2, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Orleans	40 min
Aug 2, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	63 min
Aug 2, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Clinton, Essex, Franklin	59 min
Aug 2, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Clinton, Essex, Franklin	60 min
Aug 2, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Franklin	41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Vermont, 2014 Every 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.