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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

1047 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT

  NORTHWESTERN WINDSOR COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT



* UNTIL 345 AM EDT



* AT 1046 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORMS

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  FALLS...WILLIAMSTOWN...WATERBURY...WASHINGTON...WARREN...

  WAITSFIELD...SOUTH BARRE...ROXBURY...PLAINFIELD...ORANGE...

  NORTHFIELD...MORETOWN...MONTPELIER...MIDDLESEX...BROOKFIELD...

  BARRE...EAST MONTPELIER...WEST BROOKFIELD...FAYSTON...BERLIN AND

  DUXBURY



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...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4351 7254 4376 7271 4376 7280 4380 7278

      4383 7280 4385 7288 4384 7297 4388 7295

      4390 7289 4387 7285 4402 7274 4407 7291

      4417 7295 4436 7286 4436 7257 4430 7231

      4420 7236 4418 7231 4401 7241

TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 180DEG 0KT 4399 7264



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