777  
WGUS41 KBTV 130414  
FLWBTV  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
1214 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VERMONT...  
 
OTTER CREEK AT CENTER RUTLAND AFFECTING RUTLAND COUNTY.  
 
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 THIS AFTERNOON AT NOON EDT.  
 

 
 
VTC021-131600-  
/O.NEW.KBTV.FL.W.0009.240413T1000Z-240414T0600Z/  
/CENV1.1.IC.240413T1000Z.240413T1200Z.240414T0000Z.NO/  
1214 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT  
TONIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...OTTER CREEK AT CENTER RUTLAND.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, LOW LYING PORTIONS OF SOUTH CREEK ROAD WILL  
FLOOD IN CLARENDON BETWEEN WALKER MOUNTAIN ROAD AND WALLINGFORD.  
IN PITTSFORD, ELM STREET AND DEPOT ROAD WILL BE UNDER WATER. FIELD  
FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG DORR DRIVE IN RUTLAND, ALONG WITH  
LOWLAND FLOODING UPSTREAM TO WALLINGFORD AND DOWNSTREAM TO  
PITTSFORD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:45 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 8.1 FEET LATE THIS MORNING.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
9.7 FEET ON 12/26/2020.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4340 7301 4346 7300 4353 7300 4358 7301  
4360 7304 4373 7309 4377 7312 4379 7316  
4384 7318 4384 7312 4380 7308 4376 7304  
4368 7300 4362 7298 4359 7295 4349 7295  
4340 7298  
 

 
 
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