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WGUS71 KBTV 060551

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VTC011-019-060945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

150 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY 

VERMONT HAS EXPIRED AS OF 130 AM EDT...



STEADY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND ONLY SCATTERED 

LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE 

VERMONT STATE POLICE REPORT NO FLOOD PROBLEMS ACROSS FRANKLIN AND 

ORLEANS COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

BOTH THESE COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THROUGHOUT THE 

OVERNIGHT HOURS. IN PARTICULAR...THE MISSISQUOI AND BLACK RIVERS IN 

NORTHERN VERMONT...AND THEIR ASSOCIATED TRIBUTARIES...WILL BE HIGH 

AND MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR FIELD FLOODING OVERNIGHT. RESIDENTS ARE 

ADVISED TO AVOID ANY FLOODED AREAS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



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