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WGUS41 KBTV 081136
FLWBTV
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
736 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VERMONT...
MAD RIVER AT MORETOWN AFFECTING WASHINGTON COUNTY.
.AN ICE JAM WILL CAUSE WATER TO INFILTRATE THE LOWLANDS ALONG THE
RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS. STAY WELL AWAY FROM
ANY ICE.
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 THIS EVENING AT 715 PM EDT.
VTC023-082315-
/O.NEW.KBTV.FL.W.0001.260308T1136Z-260308T2308Z/
/MOOV1.1.IC.260308T1053Z.260308T1100Z.260308T1707Z.NO/
736 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MAD RIVER AT MORETOWN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, AT 9 FEET, THE MAD RIVER BEGINS TO LEAVE
ITS BANKS. FIELD FLOODING OCCURS BETWEEN WAITSFIELD AND MORETOWN,
AND SOME LOCAL ROADS WILL FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:00 AM EDT SUNDAY WAS 9.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 4.2 FEET TUESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
9.6 FEET ON 07/11/2023.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4429 7268 4418 7279 4405 7284 4406 7289
4424 7283 4431 7273
HASTINGS
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