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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
237 PM EST TUE FEB 27 2024
.HEAVY RAIN MAY FALL ON A DEEP PRIMED SNOWPACK LEADING TO THE MELT
INCREASING. FLOWS IN RIVERS MAY INCREASE QUICKLY AND REACH CRITICAL
LEVELS.
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WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-WASHINGTON-WESTERN
ADDISON-WESTERN RUTLAND-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BURLINGTON, STOWE, EAST WALLINGFORD,
RICHMOND, SHELBURNE, MONTPELIER, WAITSFIELD, VERGENNES, JOHNSON,
LAKE PLACID, MIDDLEBURY, RUTLAND, RIPTON, UNDERHILL, KILLINGTON,
BRISTOL, NEWCOMB, AND FAIR HAVEN
237 PM EST TUE FEB 27 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, WESTERN ESSEX AND VERMONT, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, EASTERN ADDISON, EASTERN CHITTENDEN, EASTERN RUTLAND,
LAMOILLE, WASHINGTON, WESTERN ADDISON, WESTERN CHITTENDEN AND
WESTERN RUTLAND.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE
FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.25 INCHES, LOCALLY HIGHER IN
THUNDERSTORMS, COMBINED WITH 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OF SNOWMELT FROM
A PRIMED SNOWPACK WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED RISK OF RIVER AND
TRIBUTARY FLOODING. THE MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN REMAIN THE MAD
RIVER AT MORETOWN (MOOV1), EAST BRANCH OF THE AUSABLE AT
AUSABLE FORKS (ASFN6), AND OTTER CREEK AT CENTER RUTLAND
(CENV1).
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
CHAI
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