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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

1030 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT 

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...OVERNIGHT 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 OVERNIGHT AND 

SUNDAY COULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLOODING.  SMALLER RIVERS AND 

STREAMS WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY THE RUNOFF FIRST WITH NOTICEABLE 

RISES OVERNIGHT 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... 

MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND QUICKLY SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN OR IF WARNINGS ARE 

ISSUED.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND

TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THIS FLOOD 

POTENTIAL.



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