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Flash Flood Watch
NYZ028>031-034-035-VTZ001>012-016>019-240830-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EASTERN CLINTON-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...STAR LAKE...
SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...
PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...
NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...
ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...
RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...
ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...
EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON
412 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...EASTERN CLINTON...
EASTERN ESSEX...SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN
FRANKLIN...WESTERN CLINTON AND WESTERN ESSEX. IN VERMONT...
CALEDONIA...EASTERN ADDISON...EASTERN CHITTENDEN...EASTERN
FRANKLIN...EASTERN RUTLAND...ESSEX...GRAND ISLE...LAMOILLE...
ORANGE...ORLEANS...WASHINGTON...WESTERN ADDISON...WESTERN
CHITTENDEN...WESTERN FRANKLIN...WESTERN RUTLAND AND WINDSOR.

* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS
WILL BE TRAINING...OR MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA...AND THIS WILL
INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.

* FLASH FLOODING CAN OCCUR QUICKLY...THUS ROADS CAN FLOOD IN A
VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS CAN ALSO
RISE RAPIDLY...AND CULVERTS CAN FILL UP OR BECOME BLOCKED BY
DEBRIS QUICKLY. ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS CAN LEAD TO FLOODING IN
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND CREATE LOCALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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Special Weather Statement
NYZ034-035-VTZ005-009-017-018-240000-
EASTERN ADDISON VT-EASTERN CHITTENDEN VT-EASTERN ESSEX NY-
WESTERN ADDISON VT-WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-WESTERN ESSEX NY-
705 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN
ESSEX...SOUTHWESTERN CHITTENDEN AND WESTERN ADDISON COUNTIES...

AT 654 PM EDT...THUDNERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
ACROSS EASTERN ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH IN ONE HOUR
WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING
OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
OLMSTEDVILLE...DEERHEAD...UNDERWOOD...EXIT 28 I87...SEVERANCE...
WADHAMS...SCHROON LAKE...WESTPORT...PARADOX...THOMPSON POINT...BUTTON
BAY STATE PARK...

BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING. PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN CREATE
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY.

LAT...LON 4375 7406 4379 7406 4436 7370 4437 7303
4390 7322 4377 7370 4374 7403

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