Alert archive / Vermont / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2020, 4:38 PM EDT for Addison County, Rutland County, Vermont; Essex County, New York. It was in force for 52 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
- Aug 23, 2020, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2020, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Essex County, NY, Addison County, VT, Rutland County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 23, 3:55 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 3:55 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 3:26 AM EDT, 13 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Burlington VT 326 AM EDT Sun Aug 23 2020 NYZ028-035-VTZ001>012-016>019-240730- Eastern Clinton-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- 326 AM EDT Sun Aug 23 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern New York, central Vermont, northeast Vermont, northwest Vermont and southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are this afternoon from the Champlain Valley eastward across central/eastern Vermont. A few stronger storms are possible, with gusty winds, dangerous cloud to ground lightning, and brief heavy rainfall the primary threats. Any thunderstorm activity is expected to diminish in intensity later this evening evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Similar conditions to Sunday are forecast for Monday, allowing scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop, mainly over the Champlain Valley and into Vermont. A few stronger storms are possible, with gusty winds, dangerous cloud to ground lightning, and brief heavy rainfall the primary threats. Any thunderstorm activity is expected to diminish in intensity during the evening. A strong front is forecast to shift east overnight Monday into Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NYZ026-027-029>031-034-087-240730- Northern St. Lawrence-Northern Franklin-Southeastern St. Lawrence- Southern Franklin-Western Clinton-Western Essex- Southwestern St. Lawrence- 326 AM EDT Sun Aug 23 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. A strong front is forecast to shift east overnight Monday into Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 3:48 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
348 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2020
NYZ034-035-VTZ009-011-232045-
Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Western Rutland-Western Addison-
348 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2020
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX...
SOUTHWESTERN ADDISON AND NORTHWESTERN RUTLAND COUNTIES...
At 347 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Rogers Rock
Campground, moving east at 5 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Castleton, Sudbury, Salisbury, Schroon Lake, Orwell, Benson, Whiting,
West Castleton, Hubbardton, Shoreham, Leicester, Brandon, Fair Haven,
West Rutland, Cornwall, West Haven, Pittsford, Ira, Benson Bay and
Black Point.
LAT...LON 4367 7341 4377 7335 4381 7338 4377 7377
4391 7376 4394 7311 4360 7309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 277DEG 5KT 4383 7357
RSDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Rutland | 57 min |
| Aug 23, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Rutland | 65 min |
| Aug 23, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Rutland | 44 min |
| Aug 23, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Rutland | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.