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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

1023 PM EDT MON APR 23 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CONTINUED A FLOOD 

WATCH OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN VERMONT...

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

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

     AND WINDSOR



IN NEW YORK...

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



RAPID SNOWMELT WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY AS WARM 

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MELT THE REMAINING SNOWPACK OVER THE 

HIGHER TERRAIN. ALTHOUGH MOST RIVER LEVELS HAVE FALLEN DURING THE 

DAY ON MONDAY...RIVERS WILL RISE OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE 

MELTWATER MAKES ITS WAY INTO RIVERS AND STREAMS.   



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TUESDAY...WITH UP TO A QUARTER 

INCH OF RAINFALL.  WITH RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH DUE TO THE 

SNOWMELT...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO FLOOD PROBLEMS.



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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