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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

1017 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



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WINDSOR VT-RUTLAND VT-

1017 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR

RUTLAND AND WESTERN WINDSOR COUNTIES...



AT 1015 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE GREATER RUTLAND 

VICINITY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND IT WILL TAKE 

SEVERAL HOURS FOR THE FULL EFFECT OF THIS RAINFALL TO BE FELT IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLARENDON...

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

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

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



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 0217Z 180DEG 0KT 4357 7302



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