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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

June 28, 2016Clinton County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2016, 12:49 PM EDT for Clinton County, New York. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2016, 12:49 PM EDT (16:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2016, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT

County Clinton County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 248 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: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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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 Jun 28, 9:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 9:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 5:11 AM EDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
511 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-290915-
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-
511 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY. THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS EASTWARD INTO
VERMONT, FROM ABOUT THE NOON HOUR ONWARD. THE PRIMARY THREAT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE VERY HIGH RAINFALL
RATES, FOLLOWED BY LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE,
ESPECIALLY ACROSS VERMONT WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
TO OCCUR.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

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

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, Jun 28, 12:28 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1228 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

NYZ028-031-034-035-281730-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN CLINTON-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN CLINTON-
1228 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY...

AT 1227 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PEASLEEVILLE.
THE STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AU SABLE FORKS...PEASLEEVILLE...SARANAC...KEESEVILLE...BLACK BROOK...
CLINTONVILLE...HARKNESS...MOFFITTSVILLE...MOFFITSVILLE...AUSABLE
FORKS AND REDFORD.

LAT...LON 4441 7373 4455 7388 4471 7368 4450 7345
TIME...MOT...LOC 1627Z 233DEG 3KT 4453 7373

LAHIFF

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1249 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

NYZ027-028-030-031-281730-
NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-WESTERN CLINTON-
1249 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CLINTON AND
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 1248 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHATEAUGAY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHATEAUGAY...BURKE...ELLENBURG DEPOT...CHURUBUSCO...ELLENBURG...
EARLVILLE...BURKE CENTER...HARRIGAN...BRAINARDSVILLE AND ELLENBURG
CENTER.

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4490 7373 4479 7413 4495 7424 4499 7414
      4500 7381
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 242DEG 20KT 4491 7409

LAHIFF

The 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, 5:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BTV	Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans	4 hr
Jun 28, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Caledonia, Essex, Orleans	49 min
Jun 28, 12:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Clinton	62 min
Jun 28, 4:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BTV	Clinton, Essex, Franklin	4 hr
Jun 28, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	St. Lawrence	59 min
Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	St. Lawrence	63 min
Jun 28, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Franklin, St. Lawrence	54 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.