Alert archive / Vermont / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2021, 1:11 PM EDT for 7 counties in Vermont; Clinton County, Essex County, New York. It was in force for 49 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2021, 1:11 PM EDT (17:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Addison County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windsor County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 1:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Crown Point, NY | REPORTS OF A LOT OF TREES DOWN BETWEEN SCHROON LAKE, CROWN POINT AND TICODEROGA. |
| Mar 26, 1:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Middlebury, VT | *** 1 INJ *** REPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ON PAINTER ROAD IN MIDDLEBURY. LOTS OF DOWNED TREES ARE ALSO BEING REPORTED. |
| Mar 26, 1:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Nne Middlebury, VT | *** 2 INJ *** 0.6 MILE LONG TRACK, EF-1 AND 110 MPH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED. CORRECTION TO TIME AND PATH LENGTH. |
| Mar 26, 1:50 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ene Middlebury, VT | *** 2 INJ *** 1 MILE LONG TRACK, EF-1 AND 110 MPH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED. |
| Mar 26, 2:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Haven, VT | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE NEW HAVEN AND CORNWALL AREAS. |
| Mar 26, 2:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waitsfield, VT | STATE POLICE REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS VT ROUTE 100 NEAR ROLSTON ROAD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 11:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
364
WUUS51 KBTV 261711
SVRBTV
NYC019-031-VTC001-007-015-017-021-023-027-261800-
/O.NEW.KBTV.SV.W.0003.210326T1711Z-210326T1800Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Burlington VT
111 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Burlington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Clinton County in northern New York...
Eastern Essex County in northern New York...
Southwestern Lamoille County in northwestern Vermont...
Northwestern Orange County in central Vermont...
Addison County in central Vermont...
Northern Rutland County in southern Vermont...
Chittenden County in northwestern Vermont...
Northwestern Windsor County in southern Vermont...
Western Washington County in central Vermont...
* Until 200 PM EDT.
* At 110 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Deerhead to near Ironville to near Pharoah Mountain,
moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* Locations impacted include...
Essex Junction, Burlington International Airport, Middlebury, South
Burlington, Burlington, Vergennes, Rutland, Moriah, Willsboro,
Crown Point, Westport, Elizabethtown, Braintree Hill, Killington,
Salisbury, Waterbury Village, Orwell, Essex Junction Village,
Middlesex and Addison.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and will
greatly reduce visibility. Drivers are urged to use caution and
adjust speeds accordingly due to the possibility of hydroplaning.
&&
LAT...LON 4367 7341 4369 7341 4373 7337 4374 7337
4377 7335 4379 7336 4381 7338 4378 7370
4397 7360 4452 7363 4460 7265 4398 7257
4363 7276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 268DEG 43KT 4435 7358 4398 7353 4376 7365
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JMG2 follow-up statements
616
WWUS51 KBTV 261737
SVSBTV
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
137 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
NYC019-261747-
/O.CAN.KBTV.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210326T1800Z/
Clinton NY-
137 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 PM EDT for
northern New York...and central, southern and northwestern Vermont.
LAT...LON 4381 7341 4408 7336 4454 7335 4460 7265
4398 7257 4363 7276 4367 7341 4369 7341
4373 7337 4374 7337 4377 7335 4379 7336
4381 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 268DEG 43KT 4436 7315 4399 7311 4377 7323
$$
NYC031-VTC001-007-015-017-021-023-027-261800-
/O.CON.KBTV.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210326T1800Z/
Essex NY-Lamoille VT-Orange VT-Addison VT-Rutland VT-Chittenden VT-
Windsor VT-Washington VT-
137 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ESSEX...SOUTHWESTERN LAMOILLE...NORTHWESTERN ORANGE...
ADDISON...NORTHERN RUTLAND...CHITTENDEN...NORTHWESTERN WINDSOR AND
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
At 137 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near St. George to East Middlebury to Hortonia, moving
east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
Locations impacted include...
Essex Junction, Burlington International Airport, Middlebury, South
Burlington, Burlington, Vergennes, Rutland, Braintree Hill,
Killington, Salisbury, Waterbury Village, Orwell, Essex Junction
Village, Middlesex, Addison, Shoreham, Ripton, Shelburne, Charlotte
and Waltham.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and will
greatly reduce visibility. Drivers are urged to use caution and
adjust speeds accordingly due to the possibility of hydroplaning.
&&
LAT...LON 4381 7341 4408 7336 4454 7335 4460 7265
4398 7257 4363 7276 4367 7341 4369 7341
4373 7337 4374 7337 4377 7335 4379 7336
4381 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 268DEG 43KT 4436 7315 4399 7311 4377 7323
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JMG348
WWUS51 KBTV 261758
SVSBTV
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
158 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
NYC031-VTC001-007-015-017-021-023-027-261807-
/O.EXP.KBTV.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210326T1800Z/
Essex NY-Lamoille VT-Orange VT-Addison VT-Rutland VT-Chittenden VT-
Windsor VT-Washington VT-
158 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ESSEX...SOUTHWESTERN
LAMOILLE...NORTHWESTERN ORANGE...ADDISON...NORTHERN RUTLAND...
CHITTENDEN...NORTHWESTERN WINDSOR AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM EDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved east of the area
and are now covered by another warning. Therefore, the original
warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 PM EDT for
northern New York...and central, southern and northwestern Vermont.
LAT...LON 4381 7341 4408 7336 4454 7335 4460 7265
4398 7257 4363 7276 4367 7341 4369 7341
4373 7337 4374 7337 4377 7335 4379 7336
4381 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 268DEG 43KT 4437 7281 4400 7278 4378 7290
$$
JMGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:03 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BTV | Caledonia, Orange, Rutland | 19 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Rutland | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 10:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Windsor | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Addison, Chittenden, Grand Isle | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Orange, Rutland, Washington and 1 more | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Rutland, Windsor | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 11:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | St. Lawrence | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.