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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

August 4, 2015Franklin County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2015, 7:29 AM EDT for Franklin County, New York. It was in force for 46 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 4, 2015, 7:29 AM EDT (11:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2015, 8:15 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT

County Franklin County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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: 456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 4, 7:21 AM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 7:21 AM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 3:58 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
358 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-051100-
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-
358 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:29 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
729 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015

NYZ030-031-034-041215-
WESTERN ESSEX-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
729 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON...
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTIES...

AT 729 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ADIRONDACK REGIONAL
AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ADIRONDACK REGIONAL AIRPORT...WILMINGTON...JAY IN ESSEX COUNTY...AU
SABLE FORKS...HARRIETSTOWN...BLACK BROOK...LAKE COLBY...UNION
FALLS...LAKE CLEAR...ONCHIOTA...UPPER ST. REGIS...NORTH JAY...ALDER
BROOK...VERMONTVILLE...PAUL SMITHS...RAINBOW LAKE...HAWKEYE...
FRANKLIN FALLS...UPPER JAY AND BLOOMINGDALE.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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 4434 7364 4426 7424 4446 7433 4460 7373
TIME...MOT...LOC 1129Z 255DEG 30KT 4439 7416

WASULA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Essex	34 min
Aug 4, 11:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Chittenden	34 min
Aug 4, 11:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison, Washington	56 min
Aug 4, 11:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Addison, Chittenden, Orange, Washington	66 min
Aug 4, 12:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Essex	51 min
Aug 4, 12:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Addison	35 min
Aug 4, 12:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Washington	58 min
Aug 4, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Orange, Windsor	59 min
Aug 4, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Orange, Rutland, Windsor	60 min
Aug 4, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Windsor	47 min
Aug 4, 7:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Clinton	35 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New York, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

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.