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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

1100 PM EDT THU APR 12 2001



...SLOW RISES EXPECTED ON THE OTTER CREEK AND NEW HAVEN RIVERS

OVERNIGHT...

...BROWNS RIVER TO REMAIN AT OR NEAR BANKFULL OVERNIGHT...

...WATER HAS RECEDED NEAR EAST HIGHGATE...



RIVER LEVELS ROSE RATHER SHARPLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON

THE OTTER CREEK RIVER IN RUTLAND COUNTY VERMONT AND ON THE NEW

HAVEN RIVER IN ADDISON COUNTY VERMONT.  BOTH RIVERS WERE ABOVE 7

FEET AS OF 11PM...BUT THE RATE OF RISE HAS SLOWED SIGNIFICANTLY.  AS

A RESULT...EXPECT THE SLOW RISE TO CONTINUE ON THE OTTER CREEK AND

NEW HAVEN RIVERS OVERNIGHT.  THIS WOULD THEN HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR

BOTH RIVERS TO REACH AT OR CLOSE TO THE 8 FOOT FLOOD STAGE MARK BY

MORNING. SOME WATER WAS REPORTED ON ROUTE 73 NEAR BRANDON IN RUTLAND

COUNTY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A RESULT OF THE RISING LEVELS ON

THE OTTER CREEK.  ANY ADDITIONAL RISES COULD RESULT IN SOME MINOR

FLOODING ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS.  PERSONS ALONG OR NEAR THE OTTER

CREEK IN RUTLAND COUNTY AND THE NEW HAVEN RIVER IN ADDISON COUNTY

SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS IN WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED

TO TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS IN THE EVENT ANY FLOODING SHOULD OCCUR.



THE BROWNS RIVER IN CHITTENDEN COUNTY VERMONT WILL REMAIN AT OR NEAR

BANKFULL OVERNIGHT.  THIS MAY IMPACT AREAS ALONG ROUTES 15 AND 128

AND CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING.  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.



COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE STATE POLICE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY VERMONT

INDICATE WATER HAS RECEDED ALONG ROUTE 78 NEAR EAST HIGHGATE...AND

ALL LANES OF TRAVEL ARE NOW OPEN.  THE HIGH WATER WAS THE RESULT OF

AN ICE JAM ON THE MISSISQUOI RIVER AND ALTHOUGH THE WATER HAS

RECEDED IN THE EAST HIGHGATE AREA...ICE JAMS MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE

OVERNIGHT ON THE MISSISQUOI WHICH COULD LEAD TO OTHER FLOODING

PROBLEMS.  BE AWARE OF THE ICE JAM THREAT OVERNIGHT AND REALIZE

FLOODING COULD STILL OCCUR RATHER RAPIDLY.



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