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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

1153 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ORLEANS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 1145 AM EDT...THE MISSISQUOI RIVER AT NORTH TROY HAD A

  READING OF 8.8 FEET.  FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  THE MISSISQUOI

  RIVER AT NORTH TROY WILL GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY

  AFTERNOON...REACHING A HEIGHT JUST OVER 9.0 FEET BEFORE RECEDING

  THIS EVENING.  IN ADDITION...THE BLACK RIVER AT COVENTRY WAS AT

  5.8 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.  THE BLACK RIVER AT COVENTRY

  WILL ALSO GO JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE

  RECEDING THIS EVENING.



  ALONG THE MISSISQUOI RIVER...LOOP ROAD AND ROUTE 100 WILL FLOOD AT

  9.0 FEET.  ON THE BLACK RIVER...ROUTE 5 BETWEEN COVENTRY AND

  NEWPORT WILL FLOOD AT 6.0 FEET.  FIELD FLOODING CAN ALSO BE

  EXPECTED ALONG BOTH RIVERS.



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN

AUTOMOBILES.



EVENSON/MURRAY/KIELNECKER



 

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