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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

347 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES A FLOOD 

WATCH FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN VERMONT...

     GRAND ISLE...FRANKLIN...ORLEANS...ESSEX...CHITTENDEN...

     LAMOILLE...CALEDONIA...WASHINGTON...ADDISON...ORANGE...RUTLAND

     AND WINDSOR



IN NEW YORK...

     CLINTON...SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...ESSEX



ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...BOTH DURING THE DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME 

HOURS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WILL BEGIN TO MELT THE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF 

SNOWPACK THAT STILL REMAINS IN THE MOUNTAINS.  ONE TO TWO FEET OF 

SNOW IS IN PLACE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF 

LIQUID WATER HELD IN THE SNOWPACK.  RUNOFF FROM MELTING SNOW AND 

RAINFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY COULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLOODING.  

SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY THE RUNOFF 

FIRST WITH NOTICEABLE RISES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 

BANKFULL.  LARGER MAINSTEM RIVERS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO SEE RIVER 

LEVELS RISE.



LAKE CHAMPLAIN WILL EVENTUALLY BEGIN TO RISE AS WELL AND MAY REACH 

ITS 100 FOOT FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY.



WARMER TEMPERATURES AND THE RESULTING SNOWMELT WILL CONTINUE INTO 

EARLY NEXT WEEK...THUS KEEPING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOOD 

PROBLEMS OVER THE REGION.



REMEMBER...A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN AND 

CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE PRODUCTS FROM THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE DESIGNED TO BRING YOU THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS 

FLOOD POTENTIAL.



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