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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Burlington, VT

July 7, 2016Clinton County, New York; 4 counties in Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2016, 1:06 PM EDT for Clinton County, New York; 4 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 54 min. 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
Jul 7, 2016, 1:06 PM EDT (17:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Clinton County, NY, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 1:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGeorgia Center, VTTREE DOWN ON RT. 7 BY GEORGIA TOWN OFFICE
Jul 7, 1:52 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Se North Fairfax, VTBROKEN POWER POLE CASUED BY FALLING TREES
Jul 7, 2:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFletcher, VTTREES DOWN AT 3 CORNERS AND ON RUGG ROAD
Jul 7, 2:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFletcher, VTTREES DOWN AT 3 CORNERS AND ON RUGG ROADF

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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 240 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 211 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

834 
WUUS51 KBTV 071706
SVRBTV
NYC019-VTC007-011-013-015-071800-
/O.NEW.KBTV.SV.W.0013.160707T1706Z-160707T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
106 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...
  NORTHWESTERN LAMOILLE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VERMONT...
  CENTRAL GRAND ISLE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VERMONT...
  NORTHWESTERN CHITTENDEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VERMONT...
  WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VERMONT...

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 105 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CHAZY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEEKMANTOWN...CHAZY...SHELDON...FAIRFIELD...FLETCHER...NORTH
  HERO...ISLE LA MOTTE...ALBURGH DUNES STATE PARK...HIGHGATE FALLS...
  SOUTH ALBURGH...GEORGIA CENTER...ALLENS BAY IN GRAND ISLE COUNTY...
  REYNOLDS POINT...SAVAGE POINT IN CLINTON COUNTY...MONTY POINT...
  KILLKARE STATE PARK...BUTLER ISLAND...FLEURY BAY...ALLENS BAY IN
  CLINTON COUNTY AND TREADWELL BAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE CHAMPLAIN...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

&&

LAT...LON 4476 7354 4493 7352 4494 7283 4467 7286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 274DEG 19KT 4484 7342 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

LAHIFF
2 follow-up statements
375 
WWUS51 KBTV 071726
SVSBTV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
126 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

NYC019-VTC007-011-013-015-071800-
/O.CON.KBTV.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160707T1800Z/
CLINTON NY-LAMOILLE VT-GRAND ISLE VT-CHITTENDEN VT-FRANKLIN VT-
126 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CLINTON...NORTHWESTERN LAMOILLE...CENTRAL GRAND
ISLE...NORTHWESTERN CHITTENDEN AND WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 126 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH HERO...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHELDON...FAIRFIELD...FLETCHER...NORTH HERO...ISLE LA MOTTE...ALBURGH
DUNES STATE PARK...HIGHGATE FALLS...SOUTH ALBURGH...GEORGIA CENTER...
ALLENS BAY IN GRAND ISLE COUNTY...REYNOLDS POINT...MONTY POINT...
KILLKARE STATE PARK...BUTLER ISLAND...FLEURY BAY...WEST FLETCHER...
GRAVEYARD POINT...MIDDLE POINT...SWANTON JUNCTION AND FISK POINT.

# 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE CHAMPLAIN...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

&&

LAT...LON 4474 7340 4493 7337 4494 7283 4467 7286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 274DEG 19KT 4483 7326 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

LAHIFF
766 
WWUS51 KBTV 071744
SVSBTV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
144 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

NYC019-VTC007-013-071753-
/O.CAN.KBTV.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160707T1800Z/
CLINTON NY-GRAND ISLE VT-CHITTENDEN VT-
144 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLINTON...CENTRAL
GRAND ISLE AND NORTHWESTERN CHITTENDEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4471 7319 4486 7312 4482 7284 4467 7286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 297DEG 27KT 4473 7307 

$$

VTC011-015-071800-
/O.CON.KBTV.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160707T1800Z/
LAMOILLE VT-FRANKLIN VT-
144 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LAMOILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 143 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GEORGIA
CENTER... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAIRFIELD...FLETCHER...GEORGIA CENTER...EAST FAIRFIELD...LIME ROCK
POINT...NORTH FAIRFAX...WEST FLETCHER...GEORGIA PLAINS AND NORTH
CAMBRIDGE.

# 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4471 7319 4486 7312 4482 7284 4467 7286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 297DEG 27KT 4473 7307 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

LAHIFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVEssex57 min
Jul 7, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin, St. Lawrence60 min
Jul 7, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVGrand Isle61 min
Jul 7, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans66 min
Jul 7, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans67 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.