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Flood Warning
VTC007-011-015-260230-
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436 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 430 PM EDT FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...LOW LYING FIELDS...AND RURAL
RIVERS AND CREEKS WAS REPORTED. ROUTE 128 NEAR ESSEX CENTER WAS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AND WATER WAS REPORTED FLOWING OVER ROUTE
118 IN BELVIDERE. ADDITIONAL HIGHWAYS AND LOCAL ROADS MAY
FLOOD...AS WELL AS HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

* LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE MONITORING AN EARTHEN DAM ALONG POKER HILL
ROAD AND ROUTE 15 IN UNDERHILL. IF THIS DAM IS BREACHED...A RAPID
RISE IN WATER AND SEVERE FLOODING WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE
VICINITY.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ESSEX
CENTER...UNDERHILL...JERICHO...BELVIDERE...CAMBRIDGE.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4483 7266 4473 7250 4463 7249 4440 7294
4445 7313 4462 7309

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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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