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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
317 AM EST WED FEB 28 2024
.HEAVY RAIN MAY FALL ON A DEEP PRIMED SNOWPACK LEADING TO RAPID
SNOWMELT. FLOWS IN RIVERS MAY INCREASE QUICKLY AND APPROACH OR
EXCEED FLOOD STAGE.
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WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-WASHINGTON-WESTERN
ADDISON-WESTERN RUTLAND-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SHELBURNE, UNDERHILL, BRISTOL, JOHNSON,
MIDDLEBURY, LAKE PLACID, RUTLAND, BURLINGTON, FAIR HAVEN, RIPTON,
NEWCOMB, MONTPELIER, RICHMOND, EAST WALLINGFORD, KILLINGTON,
WAITSFIELD, VERGENNES, AND STOWE
317 AM EST WED FEB 28 2024
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...ESSEX COUNTY IN NEW YORK AND ADDISON, CHITTENDEN, EASTERN
RUTLAND, LAMOILLE, WASHINGTON, AND WESTERN RUTLAND COUNTIES IN
VERMONT.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM EST THIS 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.
HASTINGS
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