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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

August 5, 2016St. Lawrence County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2016, 9:22 PM EDT for St. Lawrence County, New York. It was in force for 53 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 5, 2016, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT

County St. Lawrence County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 251 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 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 Aug 5, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:33 AM EDT, 17 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
333 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-060745-
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-
333 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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, Aug 5, 8:31 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
831 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

NYZ026-029-087-060115-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN ST.
LAWRENCE-
831 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY...

AT 830 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OGDENSBURG...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OGDENSBURG...CANTON...NORFOLK...MADRID...NORWOOD...HEUVELTON...
CHIPMAN...MORLEY...LISBON...PIERREPONT...DE PEYSTER...RENSSELAER
FALLS...WEST POTSDAM...WEST PARISHVILLE...WEST PIERREPONT...HANNAWA
FALLS...NORTH RUSSELL...NORTH STOCKHOLM...PYRITES AND RAYMONDVILLE.

LAT...LON 4470 7550 4471 7547 4474 7545 4473 7543
      4475 7540 4476 7542 4477 7541 4478 7536
      4482 7530 4483 7530 4484 7488 4462 7494
      4447 7507 4460 7564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 270DEG 27KT 4471 7548

KGM

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 9:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
922 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

NYZ026-027-029-030-087-060215-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHWESTERN ST.
LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-
922 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ST.
LAWRENCE AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 921 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED OVER MORLEY...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OGDENSBURG...CANTON...NORFOLK...MADRID...NORWOOD...COLTON...
HEUVELTON...BRUSHTON...LAKE OZONIA...CARRY FALLS RESERVOIR...
MORLEY...LAWRENCEVILLE...CHIPMAN...HELENA...BRASHER FALLS...
DICKINSON...LISBON...LOUISVILLE...MOIRA AND PIERREPONT.

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

PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 4492 7444 4434 7459 4465 7553 4487 7519
      4490 7512 4489 7512 4493 7508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 268DEG 27KT 4466 7514

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	St. Lawrence	44 min
Aug 5, 10:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Clinton	64 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.