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WGUS81 KBTV 241939
FLSBTV
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
339 PM EDT SAT OCT 24 2009
NYC031-VTC001-005-017-021-023-027-250130-
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CALEDONIA VT-WASHINGTON VT-ORANGE VT-WINDSOR VT-ADDISON VT-RUTLAND
VT-
ESSEX NY-
339 PM EDT SAT OCT 24 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
ADDISON...ORANGE...WASHINGTON...CALEDONIA...RUTLAND AND WINDSOR
COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...AND ESSEX COUNTY IN
NORTHERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SPOTTERS HAVE
INDICATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HAS CAUSED SHARP RISES ON SMALLER STREAMS AND
RIVERS...ALONG WITH SOME MINOR URBAN FLOODING FROM CLOGGED STORM
DRAINS. THE THREAT OF MINOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION...LEAVES
WILL CLOGGED STORM DRAINS IN URBAN AREAS AND MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR
STREET FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN RUTLAND...LUDLOW...SPRINGFIELD...AND
MONTPELIER AREAS.
LAT...LON 4333 7320 4362 7330 4358 7343 4380 7338
4377 7367 4385 7375 4424 7296 4417 7295
4428 7290 4445 7254 4443 7249 4456 7233
4455 7190 4450 7186 4444 7193 4434 7183
4427 7205 4408 7202 4357 7237 4326 7247
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