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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2015, 1:21 PM EDT for St. Lawrence County, New York. It was in force for 39 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
- May 11, 2015, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
County St. Lawrence County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 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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</html>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 May 11, 11:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 11:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 11, 1:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 121 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015 NYZ029-111800- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE- 121 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK... AT 120 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR STAR LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... STAR LAKE...CRANBERRY LAKE...HORSESHOE LAKE...OSWEGATCHIE... SHURTLEFF...ALDRICH...WANAKENA...NEWTON FALLS...LOWER OSWEGATCHIE AND SABATTIS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 4436 7481 4409 7458 4405 7507 4416 7514 TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 244DEG 20KT 4411 7499 RD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Lamoille | 41 min |
| May 11, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison, Caledonia, Lamoille, Orange, Rutland, Washington | 27 min |
| May 11, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Clinton | 23 min |
| May 11, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Franklin | 60 min |
| May 11, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Essex | 23 min |
| May 11, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex, Franklin | 26 min |
Nearby
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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.