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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

420 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2001



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

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN VERMONT...

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

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

     AND WINDSOR



IN NEW YORK...

     NORTHEAST CLINTON...SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...

     SOUTHWEST CLINTON...WESTERN ESSEX AND EASTERN ESSEX



RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA HAVE EXPERIENCED STEADY 

RISES FROM SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAIN SNOWMELT.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE 

AVERAGED LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ACROSS THE REGION AND NO 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AFTER DAYBREAK.  



HOWEVER...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR CONTINUED RAPID 

SNOWMELT TODAY AS MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S ARE 

EXPECTED.  THIS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND 

STREAMS WITH SOME RIVERS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING BANKFULL LATER TODAY.



LAKE CHAMPLAIN HAS BEEN STEADY DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS BUT WILL 

BEGIN TO RESPOND TO THE RISING RIVERS AND WILL LIKELY REACH ITS 100 

FOOT FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TONIGHT 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.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS IN OR NEAR THE 

WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE READY TO 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO...

OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UPDATED

FORECASTS.



CADIMA

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