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Flood Warning
VTC007-011-015-241245-
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254 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHITTENDEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT
LAMOILLE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT

* UNTIL 845 AM EDT

* AT 249 AM EDT RAIN WAS COMING TO AN END...HOWEVER RUNOFF AND
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNUP. DAMAGE FROM EARLIER FLASH
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE FELT IN CAMBRIDGE...UNDERHILL...
JERICHO...AND ESSEX. FLOODING ON THE BROWNS RIVER WILL MOVE
DOWNSTREAM THROUGH ESSEX AND WESTFORD TO FAIRFAX. THE LAMOILLE
RIVER WILL LEAVE ITS BANKS FROM JEFFERSONVILLE THROUGH CAMBRIDGE
TO FAIRFAX.

PERSONS WHO NORMALLY TRAVEL ON ROUTE 15 BETWEEN CAMBRIDGE AND
BURLINGTON SHOULD SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE FOR THEIR MORNING COMMUTE.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODING...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 800 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY SUBMITTING
A STORM REPORT AT WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU ARE
THREATENED BY FLOODING OR ARE DIRECTED BY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...THE ROAD MAY BE
WASHED AWAY BENEATH THE WATER SURFACE...AND IT ONLY TAKES A FEW
INCHES OF FLOWING WATER TO CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. MOST FLOOD DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES...MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

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LAT...LON 4479 7257 4478 7258 4477 7255 4467 7245
4463 7248 4459 7237 4456 7239 4444 7277
4445 7280 4443 7282 4443 7309 4469 7306
4481 7258

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