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Snow Squall Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT

January 11, 20264 counties in Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this snow squall warning at Jan 11, 2026, 4:42 PM EST for 4 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 63 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
Jan 11, 2026, 4:42 PM EST (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Jan 11, 2026, 5:45 PM EST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Significant

Counties Chittenden County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Washington County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 409 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 2026-01-11Temperature 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 2026-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -314 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
103 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-314 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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
Jan 11, 2:56 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBTVChittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle64 min
Jan 11, 3:39 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBTVChittenden, Franklin51 min
Jan 11, 4:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison, Caledonia, Franklin, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans and 1 more60 min
Jan 11, 5:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBTVSt. Lawrence57 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.