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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Burlington, VT

August 8, 2026Chittenden County, Franklin County, Grand Isle County, Vermont; Clinton County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2026, 4:10 PM EDT for Chittenden County, Franklin County, Grand Isle County, Vermont; Clinton County, New York. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 8, 2026, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2026, 4:44 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clinton County, NY, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 2026-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 243 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2026-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVGrand Isle24 min
Aug 8, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVGrand Isle39 min
Aug 8, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden52 min
Aug 8, 12:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBTVEssex3 hr
Aug 8, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin28 min
Aug 8, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVFranklin33 min
Aug 8, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVSt. Lawrence92 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.