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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

700 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT



* UNTIL 340 AM EDT



* AT 655 PM EDT...THE MAD RIVER AT MORETOWN WAS AT 9.1 FEET.

  FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  THE MAD RIVER AT MORETOWN IS FORECAST

  TO CREST AT 10.0 FEET OVERNIGHT...AND THEN SLOWLY RECEDE.  A

  SPOTTER REPORTED THAT THE MAD RIVER WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS ALONG

  ROUTE 100 FROM WAITSFIELD TO MORETOWN.  MEADOW ROAD WAS REPORTED

  CLOSED IN THE TOWN OF WAITSFIELD.



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT.  MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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