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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

701 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ORLEANS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 655 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  SERIES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL THAT 

  CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER A LOWELL TO ALBANY TO IRASBURG TO ORLEANS 

  LINE.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF WIDESPREAD 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

BUT LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN LOWELL AND ALBANY.





* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE ALBANY...BARTON...

  COVENTRY...DERBY CENTER...LOWELL...MORGAN CENTER...NEWPORT

  CENTER...NORTH TROY...ORLEANS...TROY...WEST CHARLESTON...WEST

  GLOVER AND WESTFIELD



ROAD WASHOUTS...ERODING OF SHOULDERS...MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING OF

LOW-LYING AREAS ARE LIKELY. CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE 

RAPIDLY POSSIBLY CAUSING MORE SERIOUS FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A 

STREAM...BE AWARE OF RISING WATER AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD 

WATERS THREATEN. 



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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