Flood Watch through Friday

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This situation will need to be watched over the next couple of days. 

 

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
233 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2009  
  
...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY  
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...  
  
.A SLOW-MOVING WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD AND STALL ACROSS  
THE NORTH COUNTRY BRINGING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAIN THROUGH  
FRIDAY. AMPLE GULF OF MEXICO AND ATLANTIC MOISTURE WILL MOVE  
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FRONTAL ZONE YIELDING STORM TOTAL RAINFALL  
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED 4 INCH AMOUNTS  
POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WITH THIS WEATHER  
SYSTEM WILL BE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS RIVERS RESPOND TO THE  
HEAVY RAIN.  
  
A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS  
THE NORTH COUNTRY LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.  
ACTIVITY MAY BECOME MORE SCATTERED AND SHOWERY THURSDAY  
AFTERNOON...BUT WEAK INSTABILITY MAY YIELD ISOLATED TO SCATTERED  
THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE  
DAY FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE  
AREA.   
  
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-  
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-  
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-  
WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-  
CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-EASTERN FRANKLIN-  
EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH...  
STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...  
LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...  
GOUVERNEUR...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...  
JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...  
VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...  
UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON  
233 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2009  
  
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT  
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...  
  
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR  
  
* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT...INCLUDING THE  
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...CLINTON...ESSEX...  
  FRANKLIN... AND ST. LAWRENCE. IN VERMONT...CALEDONIA...  
  ADDISON...CHITTENDEN...FRANKLIN...ESSEX...LAMOILLE...ORANGE...  
  ORLEANS...AND WASHINGTON.  
  
* FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING  
  
* A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND BECOME  
  NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN VERMONT  
  THROUGH FRIDAY. WARMER AIR ALOFT OVERRIDING THIS NEARLY  
  STATIONARY FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY  
  RAINFALL OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THERE IS ALSO THE  
  POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION  
  THURSDAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO LOCALLY  
  HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THIS WILL BE A PROLONGED RAINFALL EVENT  
  FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH A TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION  
  OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. SOME LOCALLY  
  HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY  
  IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP.  
  
* ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD CAUSE SOME SHARP RISES IN   
 WATER LEVELS ON SMALL STREAMS. ALSO...SOME PONDING OF WATER IS   
 POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.   
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
  
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.