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WGUS71 KBTV 092309

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VTC023-092345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

709 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR WASHINGTON

COUNTY...



AT 700 PM EDT...RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF WASHINGTON 

COUNTY IN VERMONT.  A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG PEKING ROAD IN CALAIS AT 500 PM.  FLOODING ALONG SMALLER 

BROOKS AND STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 745 PM TONIGHT.  BROOKS 

AND STREAMS THAT ARE LIKELY AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE SODOM 

POND BROOK THROUGH ADAMANT...BENNETT BROOK NORTH OF EAST 

MONTPELIER...AND PEKIN BROOK ALONG PEKIN BROOK ROAD.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4409 7279 4416 7259 4417 7246 4424 7233

      4442 7233 4437 7270



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