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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

654 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008



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WINDSOR VT-RUTLAND VT-

654 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR

RUTLAND AND WESTERN WINDSOR COUNTIES...



AT 648 PM EDT...ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS RUTLAND COUNTY...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH 8 PM 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN RUTLAND REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES 

DUE TO HIGH WATER AS WELL AS BASEMENT FLOODING AS OF 650 PM. 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY DUE TO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS 

EVENING. 



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



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DON/T 

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 2254Z 180DEG 0KT 4358 7281



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