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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

747 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ORLEANS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT

  EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT

  NORTHERN LAMOILLE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT SUNDAY



* AT 740 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA

  IN FAR NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT. THIS AREA OF RAINFALL IS NEARLY 

  STATIONARY AND WILL PERSIST FOR 1 TO 3 ADDITIONAL HOURS.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE CARMI

  STATE PARK...RICHFORD...NORTH TROY...NEWPORT CENTER...NEWPORT...

  JAY...DERBY LINE...DERBY CENTER AND HOLLAND. THE GREATEST RISK OF 

  FLASH FLOODING THIS MORNING IS ALONG A LINE FROM NEWPORT TO TROY 

  TO JAY TO MONTGOMERY BASED ON THE NEARLY STATIONARY HEAVY RAIN 

  BAND OVER THE AREA. 



LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS NORTH 

CENTRAL VERMONT...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL GO ALMOST DIRECTLY 

INTO RUNOFF. 



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. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ROAD 

WASHOUTS...ESPECIALLY IN THE STEEP TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN GREEN 

MOUNTAINS. 



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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BURLINGTON.



LAT...LON 4500 7190 4490 7193 4487 7189 4479 7197

      4476 7194 4471 7200 4470 7203 4474 7211

      4469 7210 4469 7216 4454 7227 4463 7249

      4468 7287 4499 7288 4501 7288 4501 7192



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