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Flash Flood Warning
VTC007-015-240100-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
557 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LAMOILLE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT...
CHITTENDEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

* AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS WILL QUICKLY LEAVE THEIR BANKS. CULVERTS AND ROADSIDE
DITCHES WILL BE OVERWHELMED BY WATER. ROAD WASHOUTS ARE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY ON BACK ROADS AND UNPAVED SURFACES.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JERICHO...UNDERHILL...CAMBRIDGE...ESSEX JUNCTION AND SOUTH
BURLINGTON.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING...
AND IMMEDIATE ACTION MUST BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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LAT...LON 4477 7274 4463 7265 4447 7276 4445 7280
4428 7307 4426 7330 4436 7334 4441 7331
4464 7295 4464 7291 4471 7284 4469 7280
4473 7279

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Flash Flood Watch
NYZ028>031-034-035-VTZ001>012-016>019-240830-
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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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