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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

652 AM EST SAT FEB 10 2001



...ICE JAMS ARE A THREAT TODAY...



A COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE AREA...AND TEMPERATURES WILL

FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE NOON. UNTIL THEN...SNOW MELT WILL

CONTINUE TO RUN OFF INTO RIVERS AND STREAMS...CAUSING THEM TO RISE.

SOME RIVERS MAY HAVE LARGE ENOUGH RISES TO BREAK UP THE ICE COVER...

WHICH IN TURN MAY LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF ICE JAMS.



ICE JAMS CAN RESULT IN A RAPID RISE IN WATER LEVELS UPSTREAM OF THE

JAM. ICE JAMS NORMALLY FORM IN AREAS WHERE THE RIVER BENDS OR NARROWS

OR WHERE THE FLOW OF WATER IS RESTRICTED BY MAN-MADE OBJECTS SUCH AS

A BRIDGE. THE ONSET OF FLOODING IS OFTEN RAPID AND CAN BE

DEVASTATING.



IN ADDITION...OVERNIGHT PONDING OF RAINFALL AND MELTWATER REMAINS ON

ROADWAYS.  AS TEMPERATURES DROP DURING THE DAY...WATER ON ROADWAYS

WILL FREEZE...MAKING DRIVING TREACHEROUS.



IF YOU ARE TRAVELING TODAY...BE READY FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD

CONDITIONS.  DONT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST

FORECASTS AND UPDATES.



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