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WGUS71 KALY 250147

FFSALY

VTC003-250245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

947 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004



IN SOUTHERN VERMONT

     SOUTHERN BENNINGTON



INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

     ARLINGTON...BENNINGTON...READSBORO AND SHAFTSBURY



THE FLASH WARNING HAS EXPIRED.



AT 940 PM RADAR SHOWED SOME RAIN OVER THE THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE 

COUNTY BUT IT WAS DECREASING IN INTENSITY AND SHOULD END BY 1030 PM. 



RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED AN AREA RANGING FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN 

BETWEEN SHAFTSBURY AND NORTH BENNINGTON. THERE WAS AN ISOLATED 

AMOUNT OF 7 TO 8 INCHES.

 

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.



LAT...LON 4311 7300 4275 7292 4276 7326 4311 7325



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