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Flood Warning
VTC019-262011-
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/NTYV1.1.ER.130526T0230Z.130526T0600Z.130526T1617Z.NO/
411 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE MISSISQUOI RIVER NEAR NORTH TROY.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO SUNDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 3:30 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 9.7 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...WATER FLOODS FARMLANDS ALONG THE MISSISQUOI
RIVER FROM LOWELL TO NORTH TROY. LOW LYING PORTIONS OF LOOP ROAD
NEAR TROY AND WESTFIELD WILL FLOOD...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF RIVER
ROAD FROM TROY TO NORTH TROY.

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Flood Warning
VTC019-270026-
/O.CON.KBTV.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/COVV1.1.ER.130524T0830Z.130527T0100Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
726 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BARTON RIVER AT COVENTRY.
* AT 6:30 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.0 FEET BY LATE
SUNDAY EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* KNOWN IMPACTS...RIVER ROAD BETWEEN ORLEANS AND COVENTRY STATION HAS FLOODED.
THERE IS ALSO EXTENSIVE FIELD AND LOWLAND FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET...MAPLE STREET WILL FLOOD.

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Flood Watch
NYZ028-031-034-035-VTZ002>012-016>019-261200-
/O.CON.KBTV.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130526T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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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