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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

646 PM EDT THU APR 12 2001



...BROWNS RIVER REPORTED AT BANKFULL...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS RECEIVED REPORTS THIS

EVENING THAT THE BROWNS RIVER IN CHITTENDEN COUNTY VERMONT IS

BANKFULL.  THE AREA OF CONCERN IS ALONG PORTIONS OF ROUTE 128 AND

ROUTE 15.  ANY SNOWMELT TONIGHT IN COMBINATION WITH ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN PORTIONS OF THE BROWNS RIVER GOING OUT OF

ITS BANKS.  THIS WOULD RESULT IN SOME LOWLAND FLOODING.



PERSONS ALONG AND NEAR THE BROWNS RIVER IN CHITTENDEN COUNTY VERMONT

SHOULD PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE RIVER LEVEL TONIGHT...

ESPECIALLY ALONG ROUTES 15 AND 128.  REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO PASS THIS INFORMATION

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH

WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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