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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

1018 PM EDT TUE APR 24 2001



...AREA WATERWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THROUGH WEDNESDAY...



SNOWMELT COMBINED WITH RUNOFF FROM LIGHT RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW

DAYS HAS CAUSED MANY AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RUN HIGH AND FAST.

ONLY VERY LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES

FALL INTO THE 30S AND 40S ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE

MORE SEASONABLE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THERE IS NO PRECIPITATION

EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS SHOULD ALLOW AREA WATERWAYS TO RECEDE

SLOWLY BY LATER ON WEDNESDAY.



IN NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE...THE SARANAC RIVER NEAR PLATTSBURGH WILL

REMAIN ABOUT A FOOT OR TWO BELOW FLOOD STAGE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FLOOD

STAGE THERE IS 9 FEET. THE GREAT CHAZY AND SALMON RIVERS WILL ALSO BE

RUNNING HIGH...BUT NO FLOOD PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THEM.



IN VERMONT...THE WELLS RIVER WILL BE RUNNING ABOVE BANKFULL THROUGH

MUCH OF WEDNESDAY BUT SHOULD CAUSE NO MAJOR FLOODING. THE WHITE RIVER

AND IT MANY TRIBUTARIES WILL BE RUNNING HIGH THROUGH EARLY ON

WEDNESDAY. THE WHITE RIVER AT WEST HARTFORD IS EXPECTED TO CREST

ABOUT A FOOT BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT. FLOOD STAGE THERE IS 18 FEET.

THE OTTAUQUECHEE RIVER WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS

WELL.



ALONG THE WINOOSKI RIVER BASIN...THE LOWER REACHES OF THE WINOOSKI

RIVER THROUGH CHITTENDEN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO

CAUSE FIELD FLOODING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE MAD RIVER WILL ALSO

BE RUNNING HIGH TONIGHT BEFORE IT RECEDES EARLY ON WEDNESDAY

MORNING.



THE PASSUMPSIC RIVER NEAR PASSUMPSIC WAS AT 13.12 FEET AT AROUND

10 PM. FLOOD STAGE THERE IS 14 FEET. THE PASSUMPSIC RIVER IS EXPECTED

TO CREST JUST AT OR BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER TONIGHT BEFORE STARTING

TO RECEDE. ITS MANY TRIBUTARIES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM OF

VERMONT WERE CRESTING OR ABOUT TO CREST LATE THIS EVENING. ONLY FIELD

FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PASSUMPSIC RIVER BASIN TONIGHT.



THE BLACK RIVER IN NORTHERN VERMONT WAS RUNNING VERY HIGH AS WELL

THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. SOME

SMALL ROADS IN THE NEWPORT AREA WERE REPORTED TO HAVE SOME WATER OVER

THEM THIS EVENING. THE CLYDE AND BARTON RIVERS IN ORLEANS COUNTY WILL

CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH INTO WEDNESDAY AS WELL. THE MISSISQUOI AND

LAMOILLE RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AND CAUSE FIELD FLOODING

THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY.



MANY OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY WILL REMAIN

HIGH INTO WEDNESDAY. NO NEW AREAS OF FLOODING ARE EXPECTED THOUGH.



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

DRAINAGE DITCHES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IF YOU/RE OUTSIDE...STAY

AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS AND DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. CAMPERS

SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS AND RIVERS DURING FLOODING. STAY TUNED

TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR YOUR

CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.



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