Alert archive / Vermont / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT for Addison County, Rutland County, Vermont; Essex County, New York. It was in force for 30 min. 6 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
- May 27, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Essex County, NY, Addison County, VT, Rutland County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Cornwall, VT | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 30 IN CORNWALL |
| May 27, 3:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Whiting, VT | TREES DOWN IN SUDBURY |
| May 27, 4:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Bridport, VT | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 22A IN BRIDPORT |
| May 27, 4:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brandon, VT | TREES DOWN |
| May 27, 4:12 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Brandon, VT | NICKEL SIZED HAIL |
| May 27, 4:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Forest Dale, VT | TREES DOWN |
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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS51 KBTV 271945
TORBTV
NYC031-VTC001-021-272015-
/O.NEW.KBTV.TO.W.0002.140527T1945Z-140527T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
345 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN ADDISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT...
NORTH CENTRAL RUTLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.
* AT 342 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRIDPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
MIDDLEBURY...WHITING...EAST MIDDLEBURY...SALISBURY...SUDBURY...
LEICESTER...BRANDON...
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT STORM DAMAGE TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...8 0 2 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY
SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE...OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AS A LAST RESORT..LIE DOWN IN A LOW
LYING AREA AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4390 7340 4406 7333 4392 7286 4390 7288
4387 7297 4383 7296 4385 7291 4384 7291
4370 7300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 298DEG 24KT 4394 7330
$$3 follow-up statements
472
WWUS51 KBTV 271955
SVSBTV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
355 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NYC031-VTC001-021-272015-
/O.CON.KBTV.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140527T2015Z/
ESSEX NY-ADDISON VT-RUTLAND VT-
355 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...AND SOUTHERN ADDISON
COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT...AND NORTH CENTRAL RUTLAND COUNTY IN
SOUTHERN VERMONT...
AT 351 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE
POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEAR SHOREHAM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
WHITING...SALISBURY STATION...LEICESTER...SALISBURY...FOREST
DALE...BRANDON...
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT STORM DAMAGE TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...8 0 2 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY
SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
&&
LAT...LON 4390 7339 4402 7331 4389 7293 4388 7293
4387 7297 4383 7296 4384 7293 4383 7293
4371 7301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 298DEG 23KT 4389 7325
$$891
WWUS51 KBTV 272003
SVSBTV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
403 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NYC031-272012-
/O.CAN.KBTV.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140527T2015Z/
ESSEX NY-
403 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WARNING.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT STORM DAMAGE TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...8 0 2 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY
SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.
LAT...LON 4387 7334 4400 7325 4389 7293 4388 7293
4387 7297 4383 7296 4383 7294 4371 7301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 298DEG 23KT 4387 7319
$$
VTC001-021-272015-
/O.CON.KBTV.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140527T2015Z/
ADDISON VT-RUTLAND VT-
403 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL RUTLAND AND SOUTHERN ADDISON COUNTIES...
AT 400 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE
POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEAR WHITING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* STATE POLICE REPORT TREES DOWN IN CORNWALL AND BRIDPORT ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN OBSERVED.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
LEICESTER...SALISBURY...FOREST DALE...BRANDON...
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT STORM DAMAGE TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...8 0 2 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY
SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
&&
LAT...LON 4387 7334 4400 7325 4389 7293 4388 7293
4387 7297 4383 7296 4383 7294 4371 7301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 298DEG 23KT 4387 7319
$$027
WWUS51 KBTV 272013
SVSBTV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
413 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
VTC001-021-272022-
/O.EXP.KBTV.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140527T2015Z/
ADDISON VT-RUTLAND VT-
413 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RUTLAND AND SOUTHERN ADDISON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM AND HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT STORM DAMAGE TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...8 0 2 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY
SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.
LAT...LON 4387 7334 4400 7325 4389 7293 4388 7293
4387 7297 4383 7296 4383 7294 4371 7301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 298DEG 23KT 4383 7312
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison | 67 min |
| May 27, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Rutland | 64 min |
| May 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Washington | 55 min |
| May 27, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Rutland, Windsor | 64 min |
| May 27, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BTV | Rutland, Windsor | 32 min |
| May 27, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland, Windsor | 62 min |
| May 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Rutland | 32 min |
| May 27, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | St. Lawrence | 59 min |
| May 27, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Franklin | 49 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.