Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Burlington, VT

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
625 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

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625 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CALEDONIA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 625 AM EDT THE EAST BRANCH OF THE PASSUMPSIC RIVER NEAR EAST
  HAVEN VERMONT WAS AT 6.72 FEET AND STEADY. FLOOD STAGE IS 6.5
  FEET. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT IN THE
  HEADWATERS OF THE PASSUMPSIC RIVER...WITH ANOTHER 0.10 TO 0.25
  INCHES THIS MORNING...WILL CAUSE MINOR ADDITIONAL RISES.

* LOWLAND FLOODING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LYNDONVILLE CAN BE EXPECTED
  THROUGH THIS MORNING...AND WATER WILL APPROACH LOW
  LYING AREAS OF ROUTES 5, 114, 122, AND STEVENS LOOP ROAD NORTH OF
  LYNDONVILLE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ST.
JOHNSBURY AND LYNDONVILLE.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODING...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 800 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY SUBMITTING
A STORM REPORT AT WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU ARE
THREATENED BY FLOODING OR ARE DIRECTED BY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...THE ROAD MAY BE
WASHED AWAY BENEATH THE WATER SURFACE...AND IT ONLY TAKES A FEW
INCHES OF FLOWING WATER TO CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. MOST FLOOD DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES...MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

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LAT...LON 4472 7184 4465 7191 4460 7185 4455 7191
      4451 7188 4446 7190 4444 7193 4443 7191
      4434 7194 4436 7209 4470 7214 4469 7210
      4471 7210 4473 7207 4470 7201 4477 7194

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