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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

722 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WHICH WERE IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON AND 

ORANGE COUNTIES IN VERMONT HAVE EXPIRED AS OF 700 PM EDT...



ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE 

ESTIMATES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED BETWEEN AN INCH AND TWO 

AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ACROSS THE 

HIGHER TERRAIN OF EXTREME SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND EXTREME WESTERN 

ORANGE COUNTIES...IN VERMONT...THIS AFTERNOON. THE EAST ORANGE 

BRANCH AND THE DOG RIVER IN THIS REGION WERE STILL RUNNING HIGH AS 

WELL. NO REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON THOUGH. 



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS 

WILL BE CRESTING THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID 

DRIVING THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS. CAMPERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT 

AREA WATERWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HIGH INTO THIS EVENING.



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