Flood Watch-Washington County
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The situation will need to be watched through Thursday.
URGENT -
IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
210 PM
EST WED FEB 11 2009
INCLUDING
THE CITIES OF...MALONE...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...RUTLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...WHITE
RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...
UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST
WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON
210 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS
ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...EXCEPT WESTERN SAINT
LAWRENCE COUNTY...AND
FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT...EXCEPT
GRAND
ISLE COUNTY.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
* UNSEASONABLY MILD TEMPERATURES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
WILL RESULT IN MELTING SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY...WHICH
COMBINED WITH PERIODS OF RAIN THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...COULD
CAUSE RIVER AND STREAM ICE TO BREAKUP. ICE FLOWS ON LOCAL RIVERS
AND STREAMS MAY FORM ICE JAMS IN FAVORABLE LOCATIONS. ICE JAMS
TYPICALLY FORM ON RIVER OBSTRUCTIONS TO INCLUDE...BENDS IN
RIVERS...BRIDGE PIERS...ROCK
ISLANDS...AND MERGER OF
RIVER
CHANNELS.
* ICE JAMS CAN OCCUR SUDDENLY AND ARE HIGHLY UNSTABLE. WATER CAN
BACKUP QUICKLY BEHIND AN ICE JAM AND FLOOD AN AREA IN A MATTER
OF MINUTES. IN ADDITION...IF AN ICE JAM BREAKS A SUDDEN RELEASE
OF WATER CAN FLOOD AREAS DOWNSTREAM.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
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.