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National Weather Service Releases
Flood Watch for Most of Vermont Wednesday, January 8, 2008
Below is the text from the recently released NWS flood watch.
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
342 PM EST WED JAN 9 2008
...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN NEW YORK AND MOST OF VERMONT...
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF ABOVE FREEZING
TEMPERATURES IS CONTRIBUTING TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT ACROSS THE
REGION. IN ADDITION...A FRONTAL SYSTEM SWEPT ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY...ACCOMPANIED BY SOME RAIN SHOWERS. THESE FACTORS WILL CAUSE
CONTINUED RUNOFF AND RISES ON AREA RIVERS...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
ICE JAMS.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN NEW YORK AND MOST OF VERMONT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...EASTERN CLINTON...
EASTERN ESSEX...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHWESTERN
ST. LAWRENCE...WESTERN CLINTON AND WESTERN ESSEX. IN VERMONT...
CALEDONIA...EASTERN ADDISON...EASTERN CHITTENDEN...EASTERN
FRANKLIN...EASTERN RUTLAND...ESSEX...LAMOILLE...ORANGE...
ORLEANS...WASHINGTON...WESTERN ADDISON...WESTERN CHITTENDEN...
WESTERN FRANKLIN...WESTERN RUTLAND AND WINDSOR.
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
UNSEASONABLY WARM TO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WHICH CROSSED THE AREA
TODAY BROUGHT SHOWERS TO THE REGION. RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND
STREAMS...AS WELL AS WARM TEMPERATURES...WILL INCREASE THE
CHANCES FOR THE FORMATION OF ICE JAMS. RIVER LEVELS MAY BE
SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING EVEN IN AREAS
UNAFFECTED BY ICE JAMS.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS...AND
THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING...SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
