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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

237 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MONTPELIER...BARRE...



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.



* AT 228 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OF TWO AND HALF INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR OR TWO IN WORCESTER FROM 

  HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY VERMONT.



* MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING UP ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY IN 

  VERMONT THIS AFTERNOON. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4409 7288 4419 7294 4443 7274 4439 7267

      4446 7257 4442 7249 4448 7242 4443 7228

      4433 7230 4416 7244 4416 7258 4404 7271



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