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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1056 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2026
...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 ESSEX AND
CLINTON COUNTIES.
.AN ICE JAM WILL CAUSE WATER TO INFILTRATE THE LOWLANDS ALONG THE
RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS. WATER LEVELS CAN RISE
VERY QUICKLY BEHIND ICE JAMS, OR THE JAM CAN RELEASE WITH NO
WARNING. STAY WELL AWAY FROM ANY ICE.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1100 PM EDT.
NYC019-031-090300-
/O.NEW.KBTV.FL.W.0002.260308T1456Z-260309T0557Z/
/ASFN6.1.IC.260308T1408Z.260308T1700Z.260308T2356Z.NO/
1056 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EAST BRANCH AUSABLE RIVER AT AUSABLE FORKS.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:15 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:15 AM EDT SUNDAY WAS 8.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.9
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.9 FEET ON 10/08/2023.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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
HASTINGS
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