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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
650 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

VTZ001-005-230145-
GRAND ISLE VT-WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-
650 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOCALIZED...URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOODING THROUGH NORTHERN CHITTENDEN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL GRAND ISLE COUNTIES...

AT 642 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO
2 INCHES FELL ACROSS BURLINGTON...COLCHESTER...WINOOSKI AND ESSEX.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING. PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN CREATE
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY.

TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 4459 7295 4458 7295 4443 7307 4443 7330
      4448 7330 4452 7332 4461 7331

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