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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

415 AM EDT SAT APR 21 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT 

THROUGH SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN VERMONT...

     ESSEX...WINDSOR...WASHINGTON...ORLEANS...LAMOILLE...ORANGE...

     CALEDONIA...GRAND ISLE...FRANKLIN...ADDISON...RUTLAND AND

     CHITTENDEN



IN NEW YORK...

     EASTERN ESSEX...SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE...WESTERN ESSEX...

     NORTHEAST CLINTON...SOUTHWEST CLINTON AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN



SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAIN SNOWMELT THROUGH THE WEEKEND COMBINED WITH SOME 

RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES IN AREA RIVERS AND 

STREAMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING 

TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL BE ALONG SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS IN 

HIGHER ELEVATIONS.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE QUARTER 

INCH OR LESS.  HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S TODAY AND POSSIBLY 

INTO THE 70S SUNDAY WILL RAPIDLY ACCELERATE SNOWMELT.  ALTHOUGH THE 

LOWER ELEVATIONS ARE FREE OF SNOW...1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW REMAINS AT 

HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF LIQUID WATER HELD IN THE 

SNOWPACK.  RUNOFF FROM MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL COULD BE ENOUGH TO 

PRODUCE FLOODING.



THE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER 

ELEVATIONS...WILL BE THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES 

TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH LEVELS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING BANKFULL.  



IN ADDITION...LAKE CHAMPLAIN WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY RISE AGAIN...AND 

IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 100 FEET EARLY NEXT WEEK.



IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE ALERT TO RISING WATER LEVELS 

AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN

OR IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.



CADIMA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

415 AM EDT SAT APR 21 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT 

THROUGH SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN VERMONT...

     ESSEX...WINDSOR...WASHINGTON...ORLEANS...LAMOILLE...ORANGE...

     CALEDONIA...GRAND ISLE...FRANKLIN...ADDISON...RUTLAND AND

     CHITTENDEN



IN NEW YORK...

     EASTERN ESSEX...SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE...WESTERN ESSEX...

     NORTHEAST CLINTON...SOUTHWEST CLINTON AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN



SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAIN SNOWMELT THROUGH THE WEEKEND COMBINED WITH SOME 

RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES IN AREA RIVERS AND 

STREAMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING 

TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL BE ALONG SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS IN 

HIGHER ELEVATIONS.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE QUARTER 

INCH OR LESS.  HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S TODAY AND POSSIBLY 

INTO THE 70S SUNDAY WILL RAPIDLY ACCELERATE SNOWMELT.  ALTHOUGH THE 

LOWER ELEVATIONS ARE FREE OF SNOW...1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW REMAINS AT 

HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF LIQUID WATER HELD IN THE 

SNOWPACK.  RUNOFF FROM MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL COULD BE ENOUGH TO 

PRODUCE FLOODING.



THE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER 

ELEVATIONS...WILL BE THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES 

TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH LEVELS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING BANKFULL.  



IN ADDITION...LAKE CHAMPLAIN WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY RISE AGAIN...AND 

IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 100 FEET EARLY NEXT WEEK.



IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE ALERT TO RISING WATER LEVELS 

AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN

OR IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.



CADIMA

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