

000 

WGUS51 KALY 281758

FFWALY

VTC025-282345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

1258 PM EST SUN NOV 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TOWNSHEND...STRATTON...LONDONDERRY...

  BRATTLEBORO



* UNTIL 645 PM EST



* AT 1246 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS WINDHAM COUNTY WITH AMOUNTS OF  

  HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH HAVING ALREADY FALLEN. THE RAIN WAS

  CONTINUING TO ADVANCE NORTH AND EAST.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WILMINGTON...WEST WARDSBORO...VERNON...SAXTONS RIVER...PUTNEY AND

  NEWFANE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



FLOODING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ALONG SECTIONS OF THE

SPRAGUE BROOK...BORDEN BROOK...KEETS BROOK...ROARING BROOK...BRANCH

BROOK...ELLIS BROOK...BILL BROOK...HARRISVILLE BROOK...HINESBURG

BROOK...WAITE BROOK...BEMIS BROOK...BAKER BROOK AND WHETSTONE BROOK. 

IN ADDITION SECTIONS OF OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN 

HILLY TERRAIN WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

ALBANY.



LAT...LON 4276 7291 4275 7248 4285 7257 4305 7246

      4324 7248 4322 7268 4326 7283 4312 7286

      4310 7299 4296 7300 4294 7293



$$

