823  
WGUS41 KBTV 130236  
FLWBTV  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
1036 PM EDT FRI APR 12 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK...  
 
EAST BRANCH AUSABLE RIVER AT AUSABLE FORKS AFFECTING CLINTON AND  
ESSEX COUNTIES.  
 
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.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 8 AM EST, SATURDAY APRIL  
13THSATURDAY MORNING AT 800 AM EDT.  
 

 
 
NYC019-031-131200-  
/O.NEW.KBTV.FL.W.0008.240413T0236Z-240413T1841Z/  
/ASFN6.1.RS.240412T1525Z.240413T0600Z.240413T1240Z.NO/  
1036 PM EDT FRI APR 12 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...EAST BRANCH AUSABLE RIVER AT AUSABLE FORKS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN KEENE. WATER  
BEGINS TO OVERFLOW ONTO HULLS FALLS ROAD, ROUTE 73, AND ROUTE 9N  
NEAR MARCY FIELD. HIGH WATER WILL IMPACT INTERESTS AT ALICE FALLS  
NEAR KEESEVILLE.  
AT 8.0 FEET, IN JAY, WATER WILL COVER ROUTE 9N NEAR TRUMBULLS  
CORNER. MINOR FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN KEENE. WATER BEGINS TO  
OVERFLOW ONTO HULLS FALLS ROAD, ROUTE 73, AND ROUTE 9N NEAR MARCY  
FIELD. HIGH WATER WILL IMPACT INTERESTS AT ALICE FALLS NEAR  
KEESEVILLE.  
AT 9.0 FEET, IN JAY, WATER WILL APPROACH ROUTE 9N IN THE STICKNEY  
BRIDGE AREA. IN KEENE, WATER WILL COVER HULLS FALLS ROAD, AND  
ROUTES 73 AND 9N NEAR MARCY FIELD.  
AT 10.0 FEET, PARKLAND AND ADJACENT PARKING LOTS WILL FLOOD IN  
AUSABLE FORKS. IN JAY, PORTIONS OF ROUTE 9N NEAR STICKNEY BRIDGE  
WILL FLOOD. WATER WILL BACK UP ONTO CLARK LANE AND CAREY ROAD.  
DOWNSTREAM IN KEESEVILLE, WATER WILL APPROACH BUSINESSES ALONG  
NORTH AUSABLE STREET, AS WELL AS THE KEESEVILLE WASTEWATER  
TREATMENT PLANT. UPSTREAM IN KEENE, WATER WILL COVER HULLS FALLS  
ROAD AND ROUTES 73 AND 9N NEAR MARCY FIELD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:25 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 10:25 PM EDT FRIDAY WAS 7.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.4  
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
8.7 FEET ON 12/25/2020.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 PM EDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON  
 
EAST BRANCH AUSABLE RIVER  
AUSABLE FORKS 7.0 7.7 FRI 10 PM ED 4.7 3.7 MSG  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4458 7343 4454 7341 4448 7349 4443 7365  
4433 7374 4427 7377 4421 7377 4415 7376  
4415 7379 4424 7381 4434 7380 4441 7372  
4446 7368 4451 7353  
 

 
 
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