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Old 03-31-2008, 02:57 PM
 
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I'm physic....

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
347 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2008

...SNOWMELT AND ICE JAM FLOODING POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...

.RIVERS WILL SEE SHARP RISES LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY FROM
RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT RUNOFF. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT...AND WARM INTO THE 50S AND LOW 60S ON TUESDAY. THE WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL TRIGGER THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT EPISODE
OF THE SPRING. SNOWMELT WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE DAY TUESDAY BY
VERY STRONG WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITY...AND WILL COMBINE WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG A COLD FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TUESDAY
EVENING AND SLOW THE SNOWMELT. ICE JAM FLOODING WILL BE A THREAT
IN NORTHERN VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK...WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE
COVER REMAINS ON RIVERS.

NYZ028>031-034-035-VTZ002>012-016>019-011000-
/O.NEW.KBTV.FA.A.0003.080401T1200Z-080402T1800Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z. OO/
EASTERN CLINTON-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN FRANKLIN-
ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-
WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-
EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLATTSBURGH...STAR LAKE...
SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...
PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...
BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...
MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...RUT LAND...
SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...
UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON
347 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...
CLINTON...ESSEX...SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE...AND SOUTHERN
FRANKLIN. IN VERMONT...CALEDONIA...ADDISON...CHITTENDEN...
FRANKLIN...RUTLAND...ESSEX...LAMOILLE...ORANGE...
ORLEANS...WASHINGTON...AND WINDSOR.

* FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* RUNOFF FROM SNOWMELT AND RAINFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT RIVER
RISES TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...AND RIVERS MAY EXCEED THEIR
BANKS. RIVERS WITH THE GREATEST FORECAST FLOOD POTENTIAL
INCLUDE...THE AUSABLE RIVER IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...AND IN
VERMONT...OTTER CREEK...AND THE WHITE AND WINOOSKI RIVERS AND
THEIR TRIBUTARIES.

* ICE JAMS AND ICE JAM RELATED FLOODING WILL THREATEN NORTHERN
RIVERS WHERE A SOLID ICE COVER WILL BE BROKEN UP BY TUESDAYS
RIVER RISES. THE PASSUMPSIC...MISSISQUOI AND LAMOILLE IN
VERMONT...AS WELL AS THE GREAT CHAZY...SALMON...AND OTHER
NORTHERN NEW YORK RIVERS MAY ALL BE IMPACTED BY ICE JAMS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN
THE WATCH AREA. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING
THREATENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. ICE JAMS CAN FORM AND MOVE WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF YOU LIVE ALONG FLOOD PRONE OR ICE
JAM PRONE AREAS...KEEP AN EYE ON THE RIVER AND BE READY TO TAKE
ACTION.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO National Weather Service Forecast Office - Burlington, Vermont FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
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