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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1005 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
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CALEDONIA VT-
1005 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHEAST VERMONT, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, CALEDONIA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 700 PM EDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. DEPENDING ON
ICE BEHAVIOR, ANY RELEASE OF THE ICE JAM COULD RESULT IN SUDDEN
RISES OF WATER, LEADING TO A RAPID FLOODING SITUATION.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1002 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED AN ICE JAM NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF THE PASSUMPSIC AND MOOSE RIVERS, WITH
HOMES BEING EVACUATED ON ELM STREET AND CONCORD AVENUE.
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ST. JOHNSBURY.
- 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 4442 7201 4442 7200 4441 7201
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