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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

1025 PM EDT TUE APR 24 2001



...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BATTENKILL IN VERMONT

IS CONTINUED... 



SNOW MELT HAS PUSHED THE RIVER OVER ITS BANKS.  

 

THE RIVER SHOULD CREST BETWEEN 7 AND 7.5 FEET WITH MODERATE 

FLOODING. EARLIER TODAY THE WATER HAD ALREADY REACHED SOME HOUSES 

ALONG ROUTE 313.  AT 1000 PM AN OBSERVER IN ARLINGTON REPORTED THAT 

THE BATTENKILL WAS STILL OUT OF ITS BANKS THERE.



DOWNSTREAM AT BATTENVILLE IN NEW YORK THE RIVER WAS AT 6.6 FT AT 

1000 PM.  IT WILL FALL SLOWLY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY BUT WILL STILL 

BE NEAR 6.0 FT WEDNESDAY EVENING. FLOOD STAGE THERE IS 11.0 FT.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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