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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

335 PM EST WED OCT 29 2003



AT 245 PM...THE WILLIAMS RIVER AT ROCKINGHAM WAS AT 8.77 FEET AND 

STILL RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET.



THE WILLIAMS RIVER WILL REACH AROUND 9 FEET BY 400 PM...THEN BEGIN 

TO RECEDE.  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WINDHAM COUNTY EXPIRED AT 

315 PM...BUT FLOODING ALONG THE WILLIAMS RIVER WILL CONTINUE INTO 

EARLY THIS EVENING. 



PARTS OF GREEN MOUNTAIN TURNPIKE WERE UNDER WATER DUE TO FLOODING 

FROM THE WILLIAMS RIVER. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW 

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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