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WGUS71 KBTV 060059

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VTC021-060400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

900 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RUTLAND COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT

UNTIL MIDNIGHT...



AT 845 PM...RADAR STILL INDICATES SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS RUTLAND

COUNTY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOWERS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN

VERMONT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING

NORTH AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO EFFECT RUTLAND COUNTY

THROUGH 11 PM.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN HALF INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ALREADY ESTIMATED LOCALIZED RAINFALL OF OVER 2

INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES. THE COMBINATION OF EARLIER RAINFALL

AND SOME ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF CREEKS...

STREAMS...SMALL RIVERS AS WELL AS LOCAL ROAD WASH OUTS.



IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF

WATER COVERS THE ROAD...DONT CROSS THE ROAD - TURN AROUND...DONT

DROWN.



AGAIN...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RUTLAND COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT

UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ALSO...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM

WEDNESDAY.



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