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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

829 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUTLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT

  WESTERN WINDSOR COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT SUNDAY



* AT 825 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  RUTLAND...RUTLAND...PITTSFORD...MENDON...KILLINGTON...HUBBARDTON...

  FAIR HAVEN...CHITTENDEN...CASTLETON...BRIDGEWATER...BENSON...WEST

  CASTLETON...PROCTOR...EAST HUBBARDTON AND BOMOSEEN STATE PARK



RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAVE SATURATED 

THE GROUND IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA...AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

BURLINGTON.



LAT...LON 4330 7325 4355 7326 4357 7329 4362 7331

      4361 7336 4358 7337 4357 7340 4358 7343

      4364 7343 4375 7337 4377 7270 4352 7254

      4337 7267 4330 7312

TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 180DEG 0KT 4357 7302



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