A warm front slowly moved north across southern Vermont during the afternoon and evening of the 28th. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed and traveled along the warm front across portions of Rutland county during the late afternoon and evening hours.
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The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A warm front slowly moved north across southern Vermont during the afternoon and evening of the 28th. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed and traveled along the warm front across portions of Rutland county during the late afternoon and evening hours. Heavy rainfall trained across the city of Rutland, especially along the Muddy Brook basin where flooded basements and roads were observed.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 28, 2:43 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 343 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 .SYNOPSIS... WARM AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION ON SUNDAY WITH MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES INTO THE NORTH COUNTRY...WITH MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... AS OF 335 PM EDT SATURDAY...WRMFNT WILL SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR SHWRS AND THNDSTRMS AS IT MAKES ITS WAY NEWRD ACRS FA TONIGHT. FRONT EDGING INTO SRN PORTION OF ST LWR VLY AND ADRNDKS ATTM...BUT WILL TAKE UNTIL MID MORNING SUNDAY TO CLEAR THE NE KINGDOM OF VT. WDSPRD AREA OF RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDER HAS BEEN MOVING EAST ACRS NRN ZONES TDY...WHILE SOME THNDSTRMS HAVE DEVELOPED FURTHER SOUTH IN WARM SECTOR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING SRN ZONES THRU THIS EVENING...WHERE BEST CHC FOR SEEING SOME GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WILL OCCUR. INTENSITY OF ANY STORMS SHUD DIMINISH AS THEY MOVE EAST OF THE GREENS...WHERE AIRMASS IS MORE STABLE DUE MARITIME INFLUENCE FROM LLVL ESE FLOW. ALTHOUGH LLVL INSTABILITY IS LIMITED...WITH PWS GREATER THAN 1.75 INCHES...THERE REMAINS CONCERN FOR SOME LOCALLY HVY RAINFALL AS THE WRMFNT MOVES THRU THE REGION OVERNIGHT. MIN TEMPS TONIGHT MAINLY IN 60S...WITH SOME 50S EAST OF THE GREEN MTNS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 335 PM EDT SATURDAY...ACTIVE WX WILL CONTINUE THRU THIS PERIOD WRMFNT WILL LIFT NE OF THE FA SUNDAY MORNING...WITH CDFNT TO FOLLOW LATER SUNDAY PM/NIGHT...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT FALLS WITH PASSAGE OF MID LVL SHRTWV AND APRCH OF LARGE H5 LOW FROM THE GRTLKS RGN. SERIES OF SHRTWVS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THE UPPER LOW AS IT MAKES ITS WAY GRADUALLY EAST ACRS THE FA MONDAY...SO CONTD RISK OF SHWRS/THNDSTRMS THRU THE PERIOD. VERY MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...SO CONTD POSSIBILITY FOR SOME HVY RAINFALL. PWS BEGIN TO DECREASE MONDAY. WILL ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH POTENTIAL FOR SOME SVR WX SUNDAY PM/EVENING...ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IN ITS OCCURRENCE REMAINS LOW DUE TO CLOUD COVER WHICH MAY LIMIT INSTABILITY...ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE A BIT HIR THAN TDY. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE INCREASED UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR. HAVE LEFT IN MENTION OF SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THE HVY RAINFALL. HAVE GONE WITH RATHER HIGH POPS FOR SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WILL BE DRY...WITH BEST CHC FOR SHWRS/TNDSTRMS BEING AFTER 20Z...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THRU MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. WOULD ALSO EXPECT THE THREAT OF SOME GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL IN THNDSTRMS WHICH DEVELOP MONDAY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 232 PM EDT SATURDAY...UNSETTLED WX FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING EXTENDED. SEVERAL FRNTL BOUNDARIES WILL PUSH THRU THE NORTH COUNTRY...BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR RW/TRW. THE FIRST SYSTEM...IS A WEAK UPPER TROUGH THAT LIFTS THRU THE CWA TUES/TUES NGT. EXPECTING WARM UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF SYSTEM TO TRIGGER OFF A FEW TRW DURING THE DAY...BUT TAPER OFF QUICKLY BY NGT FALL AS FEATURE IS A QUICK MVR...COMBINED W/ LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...SO WILL CARRY -RW OVERNGT TUES INTO WED MORNING. STRONGER FRNTL BOUNDARY WILL SET UP LATE WED INTO THURS. SFC RIDGE OFF THE EAST COAST WILL ALLOW STRONG WAA ON SSW WINDS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY WED. DUE TO PRESENCE OF STRONG RIDGE OFF THE COAST...POTENTIAL FOR BULK OF PRECIP TO STAY IN N CWA NEAR SFC LOW. SFC RIDGE DOES BUILD ACROSS THE CWA FRI INTO SAT ON BACK SIDE OF EXITING FRNT. WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF SL CHANCE FOR RW FOR NOW. RESIDUAL LL MOISTURE COMBINED W/ DAYTIME SUNSHINE MIGHT TRIGGER OFF A SPOT RW OR TWO...ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY. STAYED CLOSE TO MDL GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS...BUT TWEAKED DOWN SOME EARLY ON DO TO CLD COVER EXPECTED W/ TO SYSTEMS EXPECTED. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY...CONDITIONS WILL VARY THRU MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD DO TO FRNTL BOUNDARY PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA. VFR/MVFR IN HZ/SCT -SHRA...BUT DOWN TO IFR AT TIMES IN ANY HEAVIER RW AND TRW THROUGH 03Z SUN. AFT 03Z SUN...FG/HZ WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION THAT MAY LWR VSBY DOWN TO IFR/LIFR AT TIMES...W/ POSSIBLE LINGERING -RW THRU 10Z. SOME SITES WILL SEE GUSTS TO NEAR 25-30KTS IN VCNTY OF TRW...BUT AS FRNT PUSHES NE...WINDS WILL BE MAINLY SSW BY SUN MORN. HIR TRRN OBSCD AT TIMES. AFTER 18Z SUNDAY...LOOKS LIKE UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN MOVE INTO THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW STALLS OUT OVER ONTARIO. THIS WILL PUT THE REGION IN A FAVORABLE PATTERN FOR AFT TSTMS. EXPECT THE SAME CONDITIONS W/ TEMPO IFR IN ANY STORMS AND IFR CONDITIONS DUE TO FOG AT THE NIGHT...THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SISSON NEAR TERM...RJS SHORT TERM...RJS LONG TERM...JN AVIATION...SLW/JN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 330 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-290730- 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-WINDSOR- EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND- 330 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NEW YORK AND MOVE INTO VERMONT FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL OF A PENNY SIZE OR GREATER IN DIAMETER. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER THREAT OF POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...A WARM...MOIST FLOW OF AIR ACROSS THE REGION WILL ALLOW FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH INCREASES THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO RECENT CONTINUOUS ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 258 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 NYZ034-035-VTZ009-011-282000- WESTERN ADDISON-WESTERN RUTLAND-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN ESSEX- INCLUDING...BENSON...BRIDPORT...CHILSON...CHIMNEY POINT...CHIPMANS POINT...CORNWALL...CROWN POINT...CROWN POINT CENTER...EXIT 27 I87... EXIT 28 I87...EXIT 29 I87...HORTONIA...HUBBARDTON...IRONVILLE... LARRABEES POINT...MINERVA...NORTH HUDSON...OLMSTEDVILLE...ORWELL... PARADOX...PHAROAH MOUNTAIN...SCHROON FALLS...SCHROON LAKE... SEVERANCE...SHOREHAM...SHOREHAM CENTER...SOUTH SCHROON...SUDBURY... TICONDEROGA...WEST BRIDPORT...WEST CORNWALL...WEYBRIDGE AND WHITING 258 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 255 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NEW YORK...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF ADDISON AND RUTLAND COUNTIES IN VERMONT THROUGH 400 PM. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. JN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 403 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 VTZ005-006-008-009-011-012-017>019-282100- LAMOILLE-WASHINGTON-WINDSOR-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-WESTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-WESTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING...BRANDON...ESSEX JUNCTION...FAIR HAVEN...MIDDLEBURY... RUTLAND AND VERGENNES 403 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY...UP TO THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS... SHOWERS...WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY INTO THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS...THROUGH 500 PM. ANY OF THESE STRONG STORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM THE SOUTHERN CHITTENDEN COUNTY AREA...SOUTHWARD INTO RUTLAND COUNTY AND MAY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. JN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 442 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 NYZ029-030-034-087-282215- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN ESSEX- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE... TUPPER LAKE...LAKE PLACID...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR 442 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...HEAVY DOWNPOURS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... AT 435 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTH HAMMOND EAST SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOOK FOR TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE...FRANKLIN...AND WESTERN ESSEX COUNTIES IN NEW YORK THROUGH 6 PM. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RAINFALL LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IS EXPECTED...LIKELY RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. REDUCE SPEED AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. BANACOS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 457 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 VTZ010>012-018-019-282200- ORANGE-WINDSOR-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-WESTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING...BETHEL...RANDOLPH...RUTLAND AND WHITE RIVER JUNCTION 457 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 AT 455 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CLARENDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ADDISON COUNTY NEAR BREAD LOAF. THE THUNDERSTORM IN RUTLAND COUNTY WILL BE NEAR KILLINGTON BY 510 PM...NEAR SILVER LAKE STATE PARK...BARNARD BY 530 PM...NEAR SHARON...SOUTH ROYALTON BY 540 PM AND NEAR STRAFFORD BY 600 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN ADDISON COUNTY WILL BE NEAR CHELSEA AT 530 PM. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL RESULT IN 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT THROUGH 630 PM. ALSO...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORM CORES. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF TRAVELING...POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAINFALL AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS LIKELY AND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. BANACOS
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooded basements and several road closures along the Moon Brook west of Route 7.
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