

000 

WGUS51 KBTV 190242

FFWBTV

VTC023-190530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

1040 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1030 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A PERSIST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

  WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  NORTHFIELD...RIVERTON...MONTPELIER...WORCESTER...MIDDLESEX...AND

  ROXBURY

 

RADAR INDICATES THAT UPWARDS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG THE

DOG RIVER BASIN...WHICH RUNS THROUGH NORTHFIELD. FLASH FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED LOCALLY ALONG THE DOG RIVER AND ADJACENT SMALL STREAMS DUE 

TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THIS EVENING...WHICH IS LIKELY TO PERSIST 

THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



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. TURN AROUND...DON/T 

DROWN



LAT...LON 4429 7291 4438 7280 4441 7283 4445 7280

      4439 7267 4447 7259 4442 7250 4449 7242

      4442 7224 4421 7237 4422 7243 4414 7244

      4416 7258 4402 7269 4407 7291 4418 7294



$$



BANACOS

