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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

1021 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



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ADDISON VT-

1021 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR

EASTERN ADDISON COUNTY...



AT 1020 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE RIPTON TO EAST 

MIDDLEBURY AREA. IN ADDITION...SPOTTER REPORTS AND DOPPLER RADAR HAS

ESTIMATED OVER 5 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE.



THIS IS A DEVELOPING DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 

IF YOU LIVE OR TRAVEL NEAR STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS...SEEK HIGHER 

GROUND AT FIRST SIGNS OF RISING WATER. 



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

GRANVILLE...LINCOLN...SOUTH LINCOLN...MIDDLEBURY AND BRISTOL.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 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 0221Z 180DEG 0KT 4398 7300



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