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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

1159 AM EDT MON APR 23 2001



...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR ORLEANS COUNTY IN VERMONT HAS BEEN

CANCELLED...

...THE FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF VERMONT - FROM RUTLAND AND WINDSOR

COUNTIES NORTHWARD - AND FOR THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND THE NEW

YORK SIDE OF THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY...



AT 11 AM...THE MISSISQUOI RIVER AT NORTH TROY WAS AT 8.49 FEET. FLOOD

STAGE THERE IS 9 FEET. THE STATE POLICE REPORT THAT RIVER ROAD IN

TROY WAS CLOSED EARLIER TODAY DUE TO FLOODING. THE UPPER REACHES OF

THE MISSISQUOI RIVER ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RECEDE TODAY. THE

LOWER REACHES OF THE MISSISQUOI RIVER THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY VERMONT

WILL CONTINUE TO BE HIGH TODAY AND CAUSE FIELD FLOODING.



THE BLACK RIVER IN ORLEANS COUNTY NEAR COVENTRY WILL CONTINUE TO BE

ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 6 FEET THERE TODAY. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING

ALONG THE BLACK RIVER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THOUGH. THE CLYDE AND BARTON

RIVERS IN ORLEANS COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH TODAY AS WELL.



ELSEWHERE IN VERMONT...THE LOWER REACHES OF THE LAMOILLE RIVER

THROUGH SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND NORTHERN CHITTENDEN COUNTY WILL

REMAIN HIGH TODAY BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY MAJOR FLOODING.

IN CALEDONIA COUNTY...MUCH OF THE PASSUMPSIC RIVER AND ITS MANY

TRIBUTARIES HAVE CRESTED FOR NOW...BUT THE LOWER REACHES OF THE

PASSUMPSIC RIVER CLOSER TO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER WILL REMAIN HIGH

TODAY. ONLY FIELD FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE PASSUMPSIC RIVER

BASIN TODAY. ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE WINOOSKI RIVER IN

WASHINGTON COUNTY VERMONT...NO MAJOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TODAY...BUT

THE RIVER WILL REMAIN HIGH.



MANY OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY WILL REMAIN

HIGH TODAY DUE TO CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM MOUNTAIN SNOWMELT. ANY MORE

RAINFALL ON TUESDAY OR TUESDAY NIGHT WILL ONLY MAKE AREA WATERWAYS

GO HIGHER. FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE EXTENDED LATER TODAY BY THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VERMONT.



BE ALERT AND USE CAUTION IF YOU WILL BE NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS...OR

DRAINAGE DITCHES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BE PREPARED TO REACH HIGH

GROUND IN A FLOOD. IF YOURE OUTSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS.

CAMPERS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS AND RIVERS DURING FLOODING.

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

...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISIONS PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.



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