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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

302 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR ORLEANS COUNTY VERMONT REMAINS IN EFFECT

UNTIL 745 PM...



A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ORLEANS COUNTY VERMONT UNTIL

745 PM TONIGHT.  BOTH THE MISSISQUOI RIVER AT NORTH TROY AND THE

BLACK RIVER AT COVENTRY HAVE NOW REACHED OR GONE ABOVE THEIR

RESPECTIVE FLOOD STAGES.  AT 300 PM...THE MISSISQUOI RIVER AT NORTH

TROY WAS AT 9.5 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  THE BLACK RIVER AT

COVENTRY WAS RIGHT AT ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 6.0 FEET AND STILL RISING.

BOTH RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND

EVENING BEFORE EVENTUALLY RECEDING LATER TONIGHT.



SOME AREAS ALONG THESE RIVERS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED

INCLUDE LOOP ROAD AND ROUTE 100 ALONG THE MISSISQUOI...WHICH 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.



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

IN AUTOMOBILES.  CONTINUE TO MONITOR ANY RIVER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA

AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF HIGH WATER DEVELOPS.  STAY TUNED TO

NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THIS SITUATION.



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