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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

400 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2001



...RISING WATERS CONTINUE ALONG THE PASSUMPSIC RIVER IN CALEDONIA

COUNTY VERMONT...



EXAMINATION OF RIVER GAGES ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE

PASSUMPSIC RIVER IN CALEDONIA COUNTY VERMONT CONTINUE TO SHOW STEADY

RIVER RISES THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY.  THIS HAS BEEN THE

RESULT OF WARMER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND FINALLY ERODING SOME OF

THE LARGE SNOWPACK REMAINING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  FURTHER

SNOWMELT IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND

NIGHTTIME HOURS.  GIVEN THE ADDITIONAL RISES...THE AREA WHERE THE

EAST AND WEST BRANCHES OF THE PASSUMPSIC COME TOGETHER...ON THE NORTH

SIDE OF LYNDONVILLE...MAY BE AN AREA WHERE WATER BEGINS TO IMPACT LOW

LYING AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.



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 OR ANY OTHER OUTLET THAT CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE LATEST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCTS DESIGNED TO ASSIST YOU IN THESE

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS.



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