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WGUS41 KBTV 130539  
FLWBTV  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
139 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024  
 
VTC021-027-131145-  
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RUTLAND VT-WINDSOR VT-  
139 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT THIS MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHERN VERMONT, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, RUTLAND AND WINDSOR.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 745 AM EDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM  
EARLIER RAINFALL.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 135 AM EDT, RAIN AND SNOWMELT IS CAUSING FLOODING.  
- AS OF 135 AM, THE OTTAUQUECHEE RIVER AT WEST BRIDGEWATER WAS  
AT 7.3 FT, WHICH IS IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE. AT 6.5 FEET, HIGH  
WATER WILL IMPACT LOW LYING PROPERTIES ALONG THE RIVER NEAR  
ROUTE 4 FROM KILLINGTON DOWNSTREAM TO BRIDGEWATER.  
BRIDGEWATER CORNERS WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4351 7287 4372 7286 4376 7249 4357 7246  
4348 7257  
 

 
 
HASTINGS  
 
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