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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1040 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2026
NYC019-031-091500-
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CLINTON NY-ESSEX NY-
1040 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND/OR SNOWMELT AND/OR ICE JAM IS
EXPECTED. THE RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS BEING TRANSITIONED TO A FLOOD
WARNING.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHERN NEW YORK, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, CLINTON AND ESSEX.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1039 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED AN ICE JAM AND
HEAVY RAIN IN THE WARNED AREA DUE TO ICE JAM. FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
- ICE HAS MOVED PAST AUSABLE FORKS. TWO JAMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
DOWNSTREAM IN CLINTONVILLE AND KEESEVILLE. THESE ARE
CURRENTLY NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTING ANYTHING, BUT PHOTOS DEPICT
ICE NEAR HOMES. ANY RELEASE OF WATER COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN
THE SECTION OF THE AUSABLE RIVER BETWEEN CLINTONVILLE AND
PORT KENT. STAY VIGILANT AS ICE JAMS CAN CHANGE VERY SWIFTLY.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KEESEVILLE, AUSABLE, CHESTERFIELD, PERU, JAY, AUSABLE CHASM,
CLINTONVILLE AND AUSABLE POINT.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4450 7359 4451 7353 4459 7343 4454 7341
4451 7343 4447 7348 4443 7362 4448 7363
HAYNES
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