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WGUS71 KBTV 312049

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NYZ026-029-312245-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

445 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE

COUNTY...



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY

IN THE VICINITY OF FINE SINCE 200 PM RESULTING IN LOCALIZED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IS

ESTIMATING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.50 TO 3.00 INCHES.  SMALL STREAMS

AND RIVERS WILL BE RUNNING HIGH.  IN ADDITION...PONDING OF WATER

MAY OCCUR ON SOME ROADWAYS.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A ROAD COVERED WITH WATER...TURN AROUND.  THE

ROADWAY MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE

THROUGH 600 PM AND MAY RESULT IN ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAINFALL.

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