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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

554 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 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 MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY



* AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM HVEAY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  RUTLAND...STOCKBRIDGE...RUTLAND...PITTSFORD...PITTSFIELD...

  MENDON...KILLINGTON...FAIR HAVEN...CHITTENDEN...CASTLETON...WEST

  CASTLETON...PROCTOR AND EAST HUBBARDTON



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CREATED A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION FOR THE 

CITY OF RUTLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN RUTLAND COUNTY AND ADJACENT

WESTERN WINDSOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. THIS INCLUDES 

MOUNTAIN ROUTES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS EAST OF 

RUTLAND. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE MOON CREEK AREA IN 

THE CITY OF RUTLAND...WITH RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS 

ADDING TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IN AND NEAR RUTLAND. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT 

THE WARNED AREA WITH ADDITIONAL WAVES OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 

MOVING NORTHEASTWARD FROM EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK THROUGH THIS 

EVENING.  



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BURLINGTON.



LAT...LON 4331 7325 4353 7324 4362 7331 4365 7326

      4373 7308 4381 7302 4385 7288 4383 7280

      4377 7269 4366 7264 4346 7267 4333 7274

      4329 7281

TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 180DEG 0KT 4358 7281



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