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WGUS71 KBTV 131316

FFSBTV

VTC005-009-015-019-131400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

915 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2003





...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ORLEANS AND ESSEX COUNTIES IN 

NORTHEAST VERMONT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... 



AT 905 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE

BACK EDGE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE

FROM EAST HAVEN TO CRAFTSBURY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



THIS RAIN WAS DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY AND WILL BE EXITING ORLEANS 

COUNTY BY 920 AM AND ESSEX COUNTY BY 10 AM. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED WITH STREAMS AND CREEKS IN ORLEANS AND 

ESSEX COUNTIES REACHING THEIR PEAK LEVELS AT THIS TIME. THESE 

STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE SHORTLY...THUS ENDING THE 

FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



HOWEVER...EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE...SOME 

ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED

TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. SOME REPORTS OF FLOODED 

ROADS INCLUDE ROUTE 242 AND 105. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER FORECASTS AS THE 

POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY.



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LAT...LON 4472 7181 4464 7255 4436 7212 4444 7139



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