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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Burlington, VT

July 21, 2023Addison County, Chittenden County, Vermont; Essex County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2023, 4:56 AM EDT for Addison County, Chittenden County, Vermont; Essex County, New York. It was in force for 2 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 21, 2023, 4:56 AM EDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2023, 6:59 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Essex County, NY, Addison County, VT, Chittenden County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 373 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 00:00Z on 2023-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2023-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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 21, 2:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Burlington VT
335 AM EDT Fri Jul 21 2023

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>011-016>021-220745-
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-
335 AM EDT Fri Jul 21 2023

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 6:59 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden61 min
Jul 21, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison61 min
Jul 21, 2:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVAddison3 hr
Jul 21, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, Grand Isle64 min
Jul 21, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVWashington57 min
Jul 21, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Orange, Washington38 min
Jul 21, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, Grand Isle61 min
Jul 21, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor57 min
Jul 21, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin, Grand Isle25 min
Jul 21, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille56 min
Jul 21, 5:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBTVRutland, Windsor3 hr
Jul 21, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden66 min
Jul 21, 5:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBTVFranklin13 min
Jul 21, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison67 min
Jul 21, 6:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVFranklin3 hr
Jul 21, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVRutland61 min
Jul 21, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden66 min
Jul 21, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex, Orleans65 min
Jul 21, 11:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVSt. Lawrence67 min
Jul 21, 1:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVSt. Lawrence56 min
Jul 21, 1:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBTVSt. Lawrence3 hr
Jul 21, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVSt. Lawrence60 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.