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Snow Squall Warning 13, NWS Burlington, VT

March 20, 20246 counties in Vermont; Clinton County, Essex County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this snow squall warning at Mar 20, 2024, 4:15 PM EDT for 6 counties in Vermont; Clinton County, Essex County, New York. It was in force for 45 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
Mar 20, 2024, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2024, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
45 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

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2024-03-20Temperature 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2024-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 9:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden, Franklin, Lamoille38 min
Mar 20, 10:17 AM EDTSnow Squall WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans, Washington43 min
Mar 20, 11:01 AM EDTSnow Squall WarningBTVAddison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans and 1 more44 min
Mar 20, 11:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVCaledonia, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Washington50 min
Mar 20, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVCaledonia, Essex, Orange, Orleans, Windsor52 min
Mar 20, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden, Grand Isle51 min
Mar 20, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin39 min
Mar 20, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison26 min
Mar 20, 5:01 PM EDTSnow Squall WarningBTVAddison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Rutland and 2 more44 min
Mar 20, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans and 3 more60 min
Mar 20, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVGrand Isle82 min
Mar 20, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVCaledonia, Essex, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland and 2 more60 min
Mar 20, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVClinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence57 min
Mar 20, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVEssex42 min
Mar 20, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVSt. Lawrence51 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.