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WGUS71 KBTV 282350

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VTC001-290030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

750 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR...



  ADDISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS HAS PRODUCED FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE BRISTOL AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AROUND 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS NEAR BRISTOL. AS OF 

740 PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AND 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED THIS EVENING.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF 

FLOODING IN THE BRISTOL AREA INCLUDING WATER OVER A BRIDGE ON ROUTE 

116...MUDSLIDES ON MOUNTAIN STREET AND BOULDERS ON ROUTE 17.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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