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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2023, 3:13 PM EDT for Essex County, Vermont. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2023, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2023, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
County Essex County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 9, 2:15 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:15 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Burlington VT 327 AM EDT Sun Jul 9 2023 NYZ026-029-087-100730- Northern St. Lawrence-Southeastern St. Lawrence- Southwestern St. Lawrence- 327 AM EDT Sun Jul 9 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A few moderate to heavy showers and a few thunderstorms will be possible across St. Lawrence County. However, flooding is not expected at this time across St. Lawrence County. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NYZ027-028-030-031-034-035-VTZ001>011-016>021-100730- Northern Franklin-Eastern Clinton-Southern Franklin-Western Clinton- Western Essex-Eastern Essex-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- 327 AM EDT Sun Jul 9 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern New York, central Vermont, northeast Vermont, northwest Vermont and southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop this afternoon. These storms could produce heavy rainfall, frequent lightning, and gusty winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Caledonia, Essex | 58 min |
| Jul 9, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Chittenden | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Franklin | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Lamoille | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Orange, Washington, Windsor | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 4:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Lamoille, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Lamoille, Orange, Washington | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Caledonia | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Rutland, Windsor | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Essex | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Clinton | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Franklin | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Clinton, Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Franklin | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Clinton | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Clinton, Franklin | 3 hr |
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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.