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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

830 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2001



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

COUNTY VERMONT...



STEADY RISES IN WATER LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE

PASSUMPSIC RIVER IN CALEDONIA COUNTY VERMONT WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT

AND MONDAY.  THIS HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF WARMER TEMPERATURES THIS

WEEKEND MELTING SOME OF THE LARGE SNOWPACK REMAINING IN THE HIGHER

ELEVATIONS. FURTHER SNOWMELT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...BUT MAY BE

SLOWED SOMEWHAT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 30S OVERNIGHT IN THE

HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  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 OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY.  SOME STREAMS WILL BE AT OR NEAR

BANKFULL...WITH SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF FIELDS.



CONTINUE TO MONITOR ANY RIVER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO

TAKE ACTION IF HIGH WATER THREATENS YOU OR YOUR PROPERTY.  DO NOT

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT.  STAY

TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS

FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE.



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