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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

August 11, 2021Franklin County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 12:30 AM EDT for Franklin County, New York. It was in force for 45 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 11, 2021, 12:30 AM EDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
30

County Franklin County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

442 
WWUS81 KBTV 110430
SPSBTV

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
1230 AM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
 
NYZ029-030-034-110515-
Southeastern St. Lawrence NY-Southern Franklin NY-Western Essex NY-
1230 AM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Franklin, southeastern St. Lawrence and western Essex Counties
through 115 AM EDT...

At 1229 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Tupper Lake, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Heavy rainfall up to 2 inches.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Tupper Lake, Adirondack Regional Airport, Saranac Lake, Piercefield,
Wawbeek, Horseshoe Lake, Harrietstown, Paul Smiths, Conifer, Saranac
Inn, Lake Colby, Rainbow Lake, Gabriels, Lake Clear, Upper Saint
Regis, St. Regis Mountain, Upper St. Regis, Axton Landing and Coreys.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4454 7417 4414 7410 4409 7466 4420 7474
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 246DEG 18KT 4424 7441 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

$$

Hammond

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison30 min
Aug 11, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor43 min
Aug 11, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden27 min
Aug 11, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden40 min
Aug 11, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVLamoille34 min
Aug 10, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVSt. Lawrence38 min
Aug 11, 1:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin45 min
Aug 11, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex51 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.