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FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
151 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
.WARM TEMPERATURES MAY MELT SNOWPACK AND INCREASE RIVER FLOWS.  
 
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NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-  
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-  
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE-  
WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-  
CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-  
EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN  
RUTLAND-WESTERN WINDSOR-EASTERN WINDSOR-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SOUTH HERO, DANNEMORA, BRADFORD, FAIR  
HAVEN, GOUVERNEUR, ISLAND POND, JOHNSON, RICHFORD, LUDLOW, STOWE,  
ENOSBURG FALLS, RIPTON, UNDERHILL, HARDWICK, NORFOLK, WAITSFIELD,  
MASSENA, ELLENBURG, MIDDLEBURY, MONTPELIER, STAR LAKE, SARANAC  
LAKE, KILLINGTON, VERGENNES, LUNENBURG, LAKE PLACID, SHELBURNE,  
SPRINGFIELD, OGDENSBURG, RICHMOND, MALONE, ALBURGH, ST. ALBANS,  
NEWPORT, PLATTSBURGH, SWANTON, NEWCOMB, BETHEL, WHITE RIVER  
JUNCTION, PORT HENRY, SOUTH COLTON, RUTLAND, FORT COVINGTON,  
RANDOLPH, BURLINGTON, ST. JOHNSBURY, EAST WALLINGFORD, CHAMPLAIN,  
TUPPER LAKE, BRISTOL, TICONDEROGA, POTSDAM, AND DERBY  
151 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY A COMBINATION OF RAIN, SNOWMELT, AND ICE  
JAMS IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...ALL OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES ARE EXPECTED, WITH MINOR AND  
LOCALIZED ICE JAM FLOODING POSSIBLE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. EXCESSIVE  
RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND  
OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- MINOR OPEN WATER RIVER FLOODING IS FORECASTED ON THE AUSABLE  
RIVER AND OTTER CREEK TODAY.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 
 
 
 
 
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