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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

August 6, 2018Orleans County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2018, 4:10 PM EDT for Orleans County, Vermont. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2018, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

County Orleans County, VT

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:10 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
410 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018

VTZ003-062100-
Orleans-
410 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN ORLEANS COUNTY...

At 410 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Troy, moving
southeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Newport City, Orleans, Derby Center, Newport Town, Jay In Franklin
County, Irasburg, Orleans Village, Newport Center, North Troy
Village, Brownington, Derby, Coventry, Troy, Barton Village,
Brownington Village, Derby Center Village, Barton, Derby Line
Village, Jay and Holland.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4499 7202 4474 7218 4494 7248 4501 7245
      4501 7223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 293DEG 21KT 4494 7240

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin38 min
Aug 6, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVOrleans45 min
Aug 6, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex51 min

Nearby

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