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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

355 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR

NORTHEAST NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN AND WESTERN VERMONT THROUGH

TONIGHT...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST VERMONT HAS

BEEN CANCELLED.



IN NEW YORK...THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CLINTON...ESSEX...

SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN ST LAWRENCE.  IN VERMONT...THE WATCH

INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF GRAND ISLE...FRANKLIN...CHITTENDEN...

ADDISON...RUTLAND AND WINDSOR.



AS OF 3 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS

NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.  MEANWHILE...AN AREA OF HEAVIER

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHEAST NEW

YORK AND SOUTHWEST NEW ENGLAND.



THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE

SAME AREAS IN NORTHEAST NEW YORK WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN LAST

NIGHT.  THIS MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS ACROSS

NORTHEAST NEW YORK.



IN VERMONT...HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE

AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH MOVES NORTHEAST

ACROSS THE REGION.  ANY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  THE BEST

CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE

CONNECTICUT VALLEY.



WHILE HEAVY RAIN IS STILL LIKELY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...RAINFALL

AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH

FLOODING...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS CANCELLED IN THIS AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS

AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE

IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR

HEAVY RAINFALL.  IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED...

SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



CADIMA

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