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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

642 AM EDT MON APR 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHITTENDEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VERMONT



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT



* AT 645 AM EST...STATE POLICE REPORTED THAT THE WINOOSKI RIVER

  WAS BEGINNING TO FLOOD SOME ROADS IN ESSEX...RICHMOND AND

  JONESVILLE.  ROUTE 117 IN ESSEX...ROUTE 2 IN JONESVILLE...BRIDGE

  STREET IN RICHMOND AND NORTH WILLISTON ROAD WERE ABOUT TO BE

  CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



  RUNOFF FROM MELTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED

  RISES ALONG THE WINOOSKI RIVER WHICH WILL EXACERBATE ANY FLOOD

  PROBLEMS.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



KJC





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