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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

755 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ORLEANS COUNTY VERMONT UNTIL 

900 PM EDT...



AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THE BACK EDGE OF SHOWERS FROM NEWPORT TO WESTMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 25 MPH. THESE SHOWERS SHOULD EXIT ORLEANS COUNTY BY 815 PM.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED WATER FLOWING OVER ROUTE 100 

NEAR LOWELL. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES LOCALLY 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN

MAY HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN LOWELL...ALBANY AND IRASBURG. 



THEREFORE...WE EXPECT MORE ROADS TO EXPERIENCE WATER OR DEBRIS ON 

THEM AS WELL AS CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS IN THESE AREAS TO CONTINUE 

TO RISE RAPIDLY THROUGH 9 PM BEFORE SLOWLY RECEDING AFTERWARDS. 



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

ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER 

SHOULD BE ABANDONED. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



IF YOU WITNESS ANY FLOODING, SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY THEN 

PLEASE CALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT 

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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LAT...LON 4493 7222 4481 7205 4540 7101 4565 7137



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