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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

900 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ORLEANS COUNTY VERMONT HAS EXPIRED...



AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

SHOWERS HAVE EXITED ORLEANS COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED

A LARGE AREA OF OVER AN INCH OF RAIN BUT SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN

EXCESS OF 3 INCHES.



EARLIER THIS EVENING...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 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. 



CREEKS AND STREAMS WITHIN ORLEANS COUNTY ARE LIKELY CRESTING AT THIS

TIME AND SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. THERE STILL

MAY BE AN ISOLATED FLOODING EPISODE DURING THIS CREST STAGE BUT THE

TREND IS FOR RECEDING WATER LEVELS AND DECREASING FLOOD THREAT.



THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ORLEANS COUNTY HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 



REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT. 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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