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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

October 16, 2021Franklin County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Oct 16, 2021, 9:32 AM EDT for Franklin County, New York. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Oct 16, 2021, 9:32 AM EDT (13:32 UTC)
Expired: Oct 16, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Franklin County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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-p

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

Hodograph

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: 50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Oct 16, 7:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 7:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 4:43 AM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 16, 9:32 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
932 AM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021

NYZ029-030-034-161400-
Southeastern St. Lawrence NY-Southern Franklin NY-Western Essex NY-
932 AM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Franklin, southeastern St. Lawrence and northwestern Essex Counties
through 1000 AM EDT...

At 932 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Tupper Lake, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4439 7394 4411 7433 4409 7462 4457 7433
TIME...MOT...LOC 1332Z 222DEG 43KT 4416 7447

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

Haynes

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 16, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Franklin, Grand Isle	39 min
Oct 16, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orange and 3 more	65 min
Oct 16, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orleans	65 min
Oct 16, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Rutland	52 min
Oct 16, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Caledonia, Orange, Washington	62 min
Oct 16, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Orleans	50 min
Oct 16, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Windsor	58 min
Oct 16, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Windsor	51 min
Oct 16, 12:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Franklin	35 min
Oct 16, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Franklin	47 min
Oct 16, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Clinton, Essex, Franklin	43 min
Oct 16, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Clinton	32 min
Oct 16, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Essex	45 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.