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Snow Squall Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT

February 19, 20227 counties in Vermont; Clinton County, Essex County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this snow squall warning at Feb 19, 2022, 12:33 PM EST for 7 counties in Vermont; Clinton County, Essex County, New York. It was in force for 57 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
Feb 19, 2022, 12:33 PM EST (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 2022, 1:30 PM EST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Addison County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 392 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 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 snow squall 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 snow squall warning went out at Feb 18, 4:00 PM EST, 20 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 4:00 PM EST, 20 hours 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 11:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBTVGrand Isle46 min
Feb 19, 1:29 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans and 3 more46 min
Feb 19, 2:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBTVCaledonia, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Washington60 min
Feb 19, 3:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBTVCaledonia, Essex47 min
Feb 19, 5:14 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Orleans31 min
Feb 19, 5:40 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orleans50 min
Feb 19, 6:07 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBTVAddison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle and 3 more38 min
Feb 19, 6:44 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBTVAddison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Lamoille, Orange, Washington46 min
Feb 19, 9:02 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningBTVSt. Lawrence43 min
Feb 19, 9:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBTVSt. Lawrence47 min
Feb 19, 10:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin, St. Lawrence57 min

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Vermont, 2022Snow Squall Warnings in New York, 2022Every snow squall warning in 2022

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.