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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

625 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR 

LAMOILLE COUNTY...



AT 615 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOCALLY HEAVY 

RAIN...ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES IN NORTHWEST LAMOILLE COUNTY NEAR

CAMBRIDGE HAS MOVED OUT OF THE REGION TO THE NORTH.



PUBLIC REPORTS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED WATER AND 

ROCKS SPILLING OVER ROUTE 108 BETWEEN STOWE AND JEFFERSONVILLE AS 

WELL AS MINOR SHOULDER WASHOUTS AND FLOODING OF LOW-LYING FIELDS.



DESPITE THE RAIN BEING OVER...CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE LIKELY 

REACHING THEIR PEAK LEVELS AT THIS TIME. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM...

BE AWARE OF RISING WATER AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS 

THREATEN. ANY FLOOD WATERS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO RECEDE AFTER 7 PM.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



IF YOU WITNESS ANY FLOODING, PLEASE CALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 

ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.





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