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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

1029 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN VERMONT...

     GRAND ISLE...FRANKLIN...ORLEANS...ESSEX...CHITTENDEN...

     LAMOILLE...CALEDONIA...WASHINGTON...ADDISON...ORANGE...RUTLAND

     AND WINDSOR



IN NEW YORK...

     CLINTON...SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...ESSEX



WARM TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND HAS ALLOWED FOR RAPID SNOWMELT IN THE

HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK...AND A RAPID 

INCREASE IN WATER LEVELS ON MAINSTEM RIVERS AND SMALL RIVERS AND 

STREAMS.  LAKE CHAMPLAIN REMAINS JUST BELOW ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 100

FEET.  LAKE CHAMPLAIN WILL LIKELY REACH ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 100 FEET

EITHER MONDAY OR TUESDAY.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING. IF YOU ARE

IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED

TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOU.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO...

OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UPDATED

FORECASTS.



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