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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

251 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.



* AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING 

  OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR MORETOWN AND RIVERTON.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WATERBURY...MORETOWN...MONTPELIER...MIDDLESEX AND DUXBURY



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



RECENT RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAYS STORMS HAS LEFT THE SOIL SATURATED 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4437 7282 4429 7255 4413 7263 4418 7284



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