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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

120 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR WINDSOR

COUNTY VERMONT...



AT 115 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF WINDSOR COUNTY VERMONT.



AREAS THAT WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO ANY FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE 

FROM PLYMOUTH NORTHWARD TO BARNARD...INCLUDING THE WEST BRIDGEWATER 

AND BRIDGEWATER CENTER AREAS.  HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS 

AND GIVEN THE TERRAIN IN THIS AREA...RAPID RUNOFF WILL ENHANCE THE 

POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WINDSOR 

COUNTY IN VERMONT THROUGH 300 AM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4372 7281 4368 7270 4361 7274 4350 7278

      4338 7256 4339 7241 4360 7235 4378 7229

      4388 7261



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