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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

925 PM EDT FRI SEP 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 315 AM EDT



* AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS 

  ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A 20 MILE 

  WIDE SWATH CENTERED BETWEEN BRASHER CENTER AND SOUTH OF GOUVERNEUR

  IN SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 

  INCHES. IN FACT...A SPOTTER REPORT 2 MILES SOUTH OF GOUVERNEUR 

  REPORTED 4.86 INCHES OF RAIN AT 915 PM WITH 3.70 INCHES IN 

  GOUVERNEUR AS OF 715 PM AND A SPOTTER IN EDWARDS REPORTED 3.33 

  INCHES AS OF 8 PM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EDWARDS... 

  GOUVERNEUR...DEKALB...HERMONT...CANTON...COLTON AND RUSSELL.



ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT 

TO FLOODING.



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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BURLINGTON.



LAT...LON 4429 7563 4429 7538 4447 7538 4447 7563



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