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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Burlington, VT

May 16, 20224 counties in Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2022, 7:31 PM EDT for 4 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 29 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: May 16, 2022, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Caledonia County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 16, 12:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 248 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 16, 7:19 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:19 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 12:51 PM EDT, 6 hours 40 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Burlington VT
1251 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>011-016>021-171700-
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-Eastern Franklin-
Eastern Chittenden-Eastern Addison-Eastern Rutland-Western Windsor-
Eastern Windsor-
1251 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 227 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

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

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 6:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
613 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0613 PM     HAIL             WARREN                  44.12N  72.85W
05/16/2022  M0.25 INCH       WASHINGTON         VT   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER BTV2201647

EVENSON

Local storm report, May 16, 6:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
624 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0322 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MERRILL                 44.77N  73.95W
05/16/2022                   CLINTON            NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN BETWEEN MERRILL AND ELLENBURG
            CENTER. ROAD CREWS HAVE ALREADY REMOVED TREES.

0326 PM     HAIL             ELLENBURG CENTER        44.86N  73.90W
05/16/2022  M1.00 INCH       CLINTON            NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0420 PM     HAIL             MOOERS                  44.97N  73.59W
05/16/2022  M1.00 INCH       CLINTON            NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOOERS                  44.97N  73.59W
05/16/2022                   CLINTON            NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN MOOERS

0555 PM     HAIL             WARREN                  44.12N  72.85W
05/16/2022  M0.25 INCH       WASHINGTON         VT   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER BTV2201648
EVENT NUMBER BTV2201649
EVENT NUMBER BTV2201650
EVENT NUMBER BTV2201651
EVENT NUMBER BTV2201652

CLAY

Local storm report, May 16, 6:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
625 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0452 PM     HAIL             MOOERS                  44.97N  73.59W
05/16/2022  M1.00 INCH       CLINTON            NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME

EVENT NUMBER BTV2201650

CLAY

Local storm report, May 16, 6:32 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
632 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0252 PM     HAIL             NICHOLVILLE             44.70N  74.66W
05/16/2022  M1.00 INCH       ST. LAWRENCE       NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER BTV2201653

CLAY

Local storm report, May 16, 6:33 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
633 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0152 PM     HAIL             NICHOLVILLE             44.70N  74.66W
05/16/2022  M1.00 INCH       ST. LAWRENCE       NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME

EVENT NUMBER BTV2201653

CLAY

Special weather statement, May 16, 7:15 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Lamoille	40 min
May 16, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Rutland	41 min
May 16, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	25 min
May 16, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Orleans	32 min
May 16, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Chittenden	28 min
May 16, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Washington	24 min
May 16, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle	27 min
May 16, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Caledonia, Orange	42 min
May 16, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Grand Isle	28 min
May 16, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	49 min
May 16, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Orleans	30 min
May 16, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Grand Isle	39 min
May 16, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Caledonia	47 min
May 16, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Grand Isle	27 min
May 16, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison, Rutland	50 min
May 16, 5:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BTV	Addison, Rutland	3 hr
May 16, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Chittenden	44 min
May 16, 5:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BTV	Rutland	3 hr
May 16, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor	48 min
May 16, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Chittenden, Lamoille	34 min
May 16, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Addison, Caledonia, Lamoille, Orange, Washington, Windsor	53 min
May 16, 6:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BTV	Addison, Rutland, Windsor	3 hr
May 16, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans	51 min
May 16, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Caledonia, Essex, Lamoille, Orleans	45 min
May 16, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Franklin	45 min
May 16, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Franklin, St. Lawrence	53 min
May 16, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Franklin	23 min
May 16, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Clinton, Franklin	58 min
May 16, 2:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BTV	Franklin, St. Lawrence	5 hr
May 16, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	St. Lawrence	56 min
May 16, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Essex	35 min
May 16, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Clinton, Franklin	29 min
May 16, 4:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BTV	St. Lawrence	3 hr
May 16, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Essex	42 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.