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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

745 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CONTINUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ORLEANS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT



* UNTIL 730 AM EDT



* AT 740 PM EDT...THE MISSISQUOI RIVER AT NORTH TROY WAS AT 10.1

  FEET.  FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  IN ADDITION...THE BLACK RIVER

  AT COVENTRY WAS AT 6.4 FEET.  FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.  THE

  MISSISQUOI AT NORTH TROY AND THE BLACK RIVER AT COVENTRY WILL

  REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.



  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...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.  MOST FLOOD

DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



WGH

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