Flood Warning

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1231 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

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1231 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* AT 1226 AM EDT THE EAST BRANCH OF THE PASSUMPSIC RIVER NEAR EAST
  HAVEN VERMONT WAS AT 6.35 FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 6.5
  FEET. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE HEADWATERS OF
  THE PASSUMPSIC RIVER...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE THE
  RIVER TO CONTINUE TO RISE.

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

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LYNDONVILLE AND SAINT JOHNSBURY
CENTER.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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

&&

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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HANSON

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
741 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VERMONT...

  BARTON RIVER AT COVENTRY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


SAFETY MESSAGE...

IF YOU LIVE OR TRAVEL NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS...SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY AT FIRST SIGNS OF RISING WATER. OBEY ALL ROAD CLOSURE
SIGNS...THEY ARE THERE FOR YOUR SAFETY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN
AROUND, DON`T DROWN!

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY
VISITING OUR WEB SITE AT: WEATHER.GOV.

&&

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741 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE BARTON RIVER AT COVENTRY.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
  CANCELLED.
* AT  7:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY AND
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 9.0 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...MAPLE STREET AND RIVER ROAD BETWEEN ORLEANS
  AND COVENTRY STATION WILL FLOOD. THERE WILL BE EXTENSIVE FIELD AND
  LOWLAND FLOODING.

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