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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Burlington, VT

May 29, 20205 counties in Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2020, 7:31 PM EDT for 5 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2020, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2020, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Caledonia County, VT, Essex County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Washington County, VT

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 2020-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2020-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 29, 4:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 4:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Burlington VT
303 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020

NYZ028-031-034-035-VTZ001>012-016>019-301915-
Eastern Clinton-Western Clinton-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-
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-
303 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 235 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern New York, central
Vermont, northeast Vermont, northwest Vermont and southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NYZ026-027-029-030-087-301915-
Northern St. Lawrence-Northern Franklin-Southeastern St. Lawrence-
Southern Franklin-Southwestern St. Lawrence-
303 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern New York.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue through this
afternoon into late tonight. A few of these storms could be strong
to severe and will have the potential to produce locally heavy
downpours, strong gusty winds, small hail, and frequent lightning.
There is an isolated threat for flash flooding, though widespread
flooding is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 4:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 29, 5:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 6:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 29, 6:38 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 7:13 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 29, 7:14 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle62 min
May 29, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVRutland44 min
May 29, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVRutland39 min
May 29, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor42 min
May 29, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille49 min
May 29, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden, Franklin, Lamoille45 min
May 29, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden32 min
May 29, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Orange, Rutland, Windsor28 min
May 29, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden, Grand Isle47 min
May 29, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVRutland40 min
May 29, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille31 min
May 29, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex58 min
May 29, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton, Essex, Franklin60 min
May 29, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVSt. Lawrence66 min
May 29, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVSt. Lawrence61 min
May 29, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex47 min
May 29, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVClinton, Essex48 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.