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Flood Warning
NYC019-031-261123-
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723 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE EAST BRANCH AUSABLE RIVER AT AUSABLE FORKS.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 6:15 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 7.1 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN KEENE. WATER
BEGINS TO OVERFLOW ONTO HULLS FALLS ROAD...ROUTE 73...AND ROUTE 9N
NEAR MARCY FIELD. HIGH WATER WILL IMPACT INTERESTS AT ALICE FALLS
NEAR KEESEVILLE.

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Flood Watch
NYZ028-031-034-035-VTZ002>012-016>019-261200-
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EASTERN CLINTON-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
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...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...
PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...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
317 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WITH SOME
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE
NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE AMOUNTS WILL
LIKELY PUSH SMALL STREAMS BACK TO BANKFULL TONIGHT...AND SEVERAL
MAINSTEM RIVERS IAPPROVING FLOOD.

* SOME OF THESE MAINSTEM RIVERS INCLUDE THE MISSISQUOI AND
PORTIONS OF THE LAMOILLE AND PASSUMPSIC IN VERMONT ALONG WITH
THE AUSABLE RIVER IN NEW YORK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON EXTRA ALERT AS WATER CONTINUES TO APPROACH
MANY ROADS AND ANY FLOODING AT NIGHT WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
SEE UNTIL ITS TOO LATE.

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Special Weather Statement
NYZ031-034-VTZ003-004-006>008-010-012-016>019-261200-
WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-
WASHINGTON-ORANGE-WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...NEWPORT...
ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...
BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...
ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...
EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON
343 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWFALL WILL LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT...

LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MIXED RAIN AND WET SNOW WAS FALLING AT
ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 800 AND 1200 FEET WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL
ABOVE 1500 FEET.

THESE TRENDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A WET TRACE TO 3 INCHES BETWEEN 800
AND 1500 FEET WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES AND LOCALLY MORE POSSIBLE ABOVE
2000 FEET...ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMITS.

THIS HEAVY WET SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
ALONG WITH FULLY LEAFED TREES WILL CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES
AND POSSIBLY MORE WIDESPREAD OUTAGES IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.

IN ADDITION...ROADWAYS ABOVE 1000 FEET WILL LIKELY WITNESS SOME
SNOW COVER BUT PLOWABLE SNOWFALL LIKELY ABOVE 1500 FEET. IF
TRAVELING ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS...PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION.
CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD PLAN FOR WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS IN THE
HIGHER MOUNTAIN SUMMITS THIS WEEKEND.

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