569  
WGUS81 KBTV 131554  
FLSBTV  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
1154 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VERMONT...  
 
OTTER CREEK AT CENTER RUTLAND AFFECTING RUTLAND COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT EDT.  
 

 
 
VTC021-140400-  
/O.CON.KBTV.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-240414T0600Z/  
/CENV1.1.IC.240413T0618Z.240413T1800Z.240414T0900Z.NO/  
1154 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT  
TONIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...OTTER CREEK AT CENTER RUTLAND.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, THERE WILL BE FIELD FLOODING ALONG OTTER  
CREEK FROM CLARENDON DOWNSTREAM TO PITTSFORD.  
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.  
AT 9.0 FEET, IN CLARENDON, LOW LYING PORTIONS OF SOUTH CREEK RD.  
WILL FLOOD BETWEEN WALKER MOUNTAIN RD. AND WALLINGFORD, AND WATER  
WILL APPROACH ALFRECHA RD. IN PITTSFORD, ELM ST. AND DEPOT HILL  
RD. WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD. FIELD FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG DORR DR.  
IN RUTLAND, ALONG WITH LOWLAND FLOODING UPSTREAM TO WALLINGFORD  
AND DOWNSTREAM TO PITTSFORD.  
AT 10.0 FEET, IN RUTLAND, FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON LOW LYING ROADS  
INCLUDING DORR DRIVE, PARK STREET AND CLEMENT ROAD. HIGH WATER  
WILL ALSO APPROACH MEADOW STREET AND THE ADJACENT RECREATION  
FIELDS WILL FLOOD. ALFRECHA ROAD IN CLARENDON WILL FLOOD. WATER  
WILL APPROACH HOMES ON WEST PROCTOR ROAD NEAR ROUTE 4 IN RUTLAND.  
DOWNSTREAM IN PROCTOR AND PITTSFORD, NUMEROUS ROADS WILL FLOOD,  
ALONG WITH ROUTE 73 WEST OF BRANDON.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:45 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 10:45 AM EDT SATURDAY WAS 9.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 9.1  
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE  
TONIGHT.  
- 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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