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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

September 6, 2021Clinton County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Sep 6, 2021, 3:39 PM EDT for Clinton County, New York. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Sep 6, 2021, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: Sep 6, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Clinton County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 231 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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Mixed-layer CAPE: 36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Sep 6, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 3:49 AM EDT, 11 hours 50 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Burlington VT
349 AM EDT Mon Sep 6 2021

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-070800-
Northern St. Lawrence-Northern Franklin-Eastern Clinton-
Southeastern St. Lawrence-Southern Franklin-Western Clinton-
Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Southwestern St. Lawrence-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-
349 AM EDT Mon Sep 6 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop late this
morning and continue into the afternoon hours today. A few stronger
storms are possible from the Champlain Valley eastward into most of
Vermont. The primary threat will be localized gusty winds, small
hail, and brief heavy rainfall with the stronger storms. The threat
will diminish by 6 PM this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

A slow moving cold front will produce additional showers and
thunderstorms on Wednesday into Wednesday night with localized heavy
rainfall possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 6, 2:42 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 6, 2:43 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 6, 2:45 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 6, 3:09 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 6, 3:15 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 6, 3:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
339 PM EDT Mon Sep 6 2021

NYZ028-030-031-062015-
Eastern Clinton NY-Southern Franklin NY-Western Clinton NY-
339 PM EDT Mon Sep 6 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Clinton and
northeastern Franklin Counties through 415 PM EDT...

At 338 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Merrill, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and heavy rainfall.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause minor flooding in
         poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Saranac, Merrill, Jericho, Dannemora, Lyon Mountain, West Chazy, West
Beekmantown, Chazy Lake, Alder Bend, Morrisonville, Cadyville, West
Plattsburgh, Ellenburg Mountain, Miner Lake State Park, Harrigan,
Ellenburg Center and Brainardsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4473 7409 4490 7405 4486 7349 4460 7357
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 282DEG 27KT 4481 7398

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Hastings

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 6, 11:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Grand Isle	34 min
Sep 6, 12:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	26 min
Sep 6, 12:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Grand Isle	28 min
Sep 6, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	34 min
Sep 6, 12:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Franklin	27 min
Sep 6, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Chittenden	34 min
Sep 6, 12:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Grand Isle	31 min
Sep 6, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Windsor	32 min
Sep 6, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Franklin	29 min
Sep 6, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Washington	25 min
Sep 6, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	31 min
Sep 6, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Lamoille	28 min
Sep 6, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Orange, Washington, Windsor	24 min
Sep 6, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Rutland	27 min
Sep 6, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Essex	24 min
Sep 6, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Orange	39 min
Sep 6, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Orange, Windsor	40 min
Sep 6, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Chittenden, Franklin	37 min
Sep 6, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Chittenden, Lamoille	32 min
Sep 6, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Caledonia, Washington	32 min
Sep 6, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Caledonia	46 min
Sep 6, 10:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	St. Lawrence	29 min
Sep 6, 10:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	St. Lawrence	25 min
Sep 6, 11:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Franklin	29 min
Sep 6, 11:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Franklin	32 min

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