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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

430 AM EDT MON APR 23 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR 

TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN VERMONT...

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

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

     AND WINDSOR



IN NEW YORK...

     NORTHEAST CLINTON...SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...

     SOUTHWEST CLINTON...WESTERN ESSEX AND EASTERN ESSEX



COOL TEMPERATURES HAVE SLOWED THE RUNOFF AND AS A RESULT RIVER 

LEVELS HAVE STABILIZED EARLY THIS MORNING.  HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES 

WILL RISE INTO THE 60S AND LOWER 70S TODAY AND ONLY FALL TO THE 50S 

TONIGHT...WHICH WILL ACCELERATE THE SNOWMELT AGAIN IN THE HIGHER 

ELEVATIONS.   



RIVER LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO RISE STEADILY AGAIN LATER TODAY INTO 

TONIGHT WHICH WILL EXACERBATE ANY CURRENT FLOOD PROBLEMS AND 

POSSIBLY LEAD TO NEW FLOODING ON SOME RIVERS.



LAKE CHAMPLAIN WAS JUST BELOW ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 100 FEET AND WILL 

LIKELY EXCEED ITS FLOOD STAGE TODAY.



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.



CADIMA

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