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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

903 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ADDISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



* AT 900 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  SOUTH LINCOLN...MIDDLEBURY AND BRISTOL



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 4381 7302 4385 7303 4384 7310 4401 7317

      4414 7309 4417 7295 4407 7291 4402 7274

      4387 7285 4387 7286 4390 7288 4387 7295

      4386 7297 4383 7296 4381 7300

TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 180DEG 0KT 4398 7300



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