Alert archive / Vermont / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2016, 5:49 PM EDT for Franklin County, Lamoille County, Orleans County, Vermont. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 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
- Jun 28, 2016, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2016, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Franklin County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:30 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.9 | Eden Mills, VT | FELL IN 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES. |
| Jun 28, 7:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Eden Mills, VT | CULVERT WASHOULT ON BACKSHORE DRIVE |
| Jun 28, 7:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ne Lowell, VT | MULTIPLE WASHOUTS ON CARTER ROAD. |
| Jun 28, 8:20 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.8 | Eden Mills, VT | 2.9 INCHES FELL IN 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
707
WGUS51 KBTV 282149
FFWBTV
VTC011-015-019-290145-
/O.NEW.KBTV.FF.W.0003.160628T2149Z-160629T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
549 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LAMOILLE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VERMONT...
WESTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN VERMONT...
EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VERMONT...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 549 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 3 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG AND EAST OF ROUTE 100 BETWEEN EDEN AND
TROY VT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OVER JAY PEAK. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TROY...EDEN...CRAFTSBURY...IRASBURG...COVENTRY...LOWELL...
ORLEANS...WESTFIELD...JAY...ALBANY...NEWPORT CENTER...JAY IN
FRANKLIN COUNTY...NORTH TROY...ALBANY CENTER...HOLBROOK BAY...NORTH
WOLCOTT...GREEN RIVER RESERVOIR...SOUTH BAY IN ORLEANS COUNTY...
EAST ALBANY AND SOUTH NEWPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4498 7215 4474 7222 4458 7233 4463 7263
4501 7255
$$
HANSON2 follow-up statements
322
WGUS71 KBTV 290037
FFSBTV
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
837 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
VTC011-015-019-290145-
/O.CON.KBTV.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160629T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAMOILLE VT-ORLEANS VT-FRANKLIN VT-
837 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LAMOILLE...WESTERN ORLEANS AND EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN
COUNTIES...
AT 835 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 4.8 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN THIS EVENING IN EDEN MILLS. RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVY
RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG AND EAST OF ROUTE 100 BETWEEN EDEN AND LOWELL.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING,
HOWEVER SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE RUNNING FULL, AND ROAD
WASHOUTS ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ON UNPAVED BACK ROADS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TROY...EDEN...CRAFTSBURY...IRASBURG...COVENTRY...LOWELL...ORLEANS...
WESTFIELD...JAY...ALBANY...NEWPORT CENTER...JAY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...
NORTH TROY...ALBANY CENTER...HOLBROOK BAY...NORTH WOLCOTT...GREEN
RIVER RESERVOIR...SOUTH BAY IN ORLEANS COUNTY...EAST ALBANY AND SOUTH
NEWPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4498 7215 4474 7222 4458 7233 4463 7263
4501 7255
$$
HANSON316
WGUS71 KBTV 290135
FFSBTV
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
935 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
VTC011-015-019-290145-
/O.EXP.KBTV.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160629T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAMOILLE VT-ORLEANS VT-FRANKLIN VT-
935 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAMOILLE...WESTERN
ORLEANS AND EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM
EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4498 7215 4474 7222 4458 7233 4463 7263
4501 7255
$$
HANSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Grand Isle | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Windsor | 57 min |
| Jun 28, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Franklin | 67 min |
| Jun 28, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle | 68 min |
| Jun 28, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Caledonia, Essex, Orleans | 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.