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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

July 13, 2015Franklin County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2015, 4:16 PM EDT for 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: Jul 13, 2015, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT

County Franklin County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 239 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: 46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 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 Jul 13, 3:42 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:42 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:52 AM EDT, 12 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
352 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-140800-
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-
352 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SLOW
MOVING SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED
CHANCES OF FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
146 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

VTZ003-006>008-016-131845-
ORLEANS-EASTERN FRANKLIN-LAMOILLE-WASHINGTON-CALEDONIA-
146 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT...

AT 144 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RICHFORD TO NEAR MONTPELIER...AND MOVING
SLOWLY EASTWARD AT 5 MPH.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...AND HALF INCH HAIL
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARRE...MONTPELIER...STOWE...HARDWICK...BERLIN...EAST MONTPELIER...
RICHFORD...MORRISVILLE...MIDDLESEX...WOLCOTT...TROY...CALAIS...
JOHNSON...EDEN...PLAINFIELD...CRAFTSBURY...MONTGOMERY...IRASBURG...
COVENTRY AND GROTON.

TORRENTIAL RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. THIS HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED
LOWLAND FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4500 7219 4419 7219 4419 7232 4422 7242
      4419 7243 4418 7272 4488 7266 4502 7272
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 261DEG 6KT 4502 7257 4430 7257

MUCCILLI

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
156 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

VTZ009-011-012-018-131900-
EASTERN ADDISON-WESTERN ADDISON-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-
156 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
CENTRAL GREEN MOUNTAINS...

AT 155 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR GOSHEN AND
BREAD LOAF. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRANDON...ROCHESTER...SALISBURY...LEICESTER...RIPTON...HANCOCK...
GRANVILLE...GOSHEN...EAST MIDDLEBURY...WEST SALISBURY...BREAD LOAF...
BRANBURY STATE PARK...FOREST DALE...LOWER GRANVILLE...HUNTLEY
ISLAND...LAKE DUNMORE AND BRADBURY STATE PARK.

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN
LIKELY. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS
AND LOCALIZED LOWLAND FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4378 7314 4405 7317 4403 7279 4384 7281
      4384 7284 4383 7285 4384 7287 4385 7287
      4386 7288 4380 7302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 178DEG 1KT 4390 7299

MUCCILLI

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:03 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:16 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
Jul 13, 12:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	60 min
Jul 13, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	62 min
Jul 13, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Rutland	64 min
Jul 13, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Lamoille, Orleans, Washington	59 min
Jul 13, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	64 min
Jul 13, 2:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BTV	Addison, Rutland, Windsor	4 hr
Jul 13, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Orleans	27 min
Jul 13, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Rutland	54 min
Jul 13, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Grand Isle	57 min
Jul 13, 11:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Essex	55 min
Jul 13, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Clinton	58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.