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WGUS41 KBTV 121945  
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
345 PM EDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
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CALEDONIA VT-  
345 PM EDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHEAST VERMONT, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTY, CALEDONIA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 PM EDT.  
 
* 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 341 PM 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.  
- 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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