Flood Watch in effect from late tonight through Friday evening

[Eric Scharnberg]

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

126 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

 

...FLOODING DUE TO SNOW MELT AND ICE JAMS POSSIBLE...

 

.WARMER TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL WILL BRING MELTING SNOW AND THE

PROSPECT OF ICE JAMS TO AREA RIVERS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE

HIGHEST THREAT AREAS ARE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTH-

CENTRAL VERMONT...WHERE THE GREATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED

TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE

FREEZING TONIGHT AND WILL BE WELL INTO THE 40S ON FRIDAY.

 

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

EVENING...

 

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...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...

GRAND ISLE...LAMOILLE...ORANGE...ORLEANS...WASHINGTON...

WESTERN ADDISON...WESTERN CHITTENDEN...WESTERN FRANKLIN...

WESTERN RUTLAND AND WINDSOR.

 

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

 

* WARMER TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RISING

  RIVER LEVELS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO

  POTENTIAL BREAKUP OF RIVER ICE AND POSSIBLE ICE JAM RELATED

  FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL

  VERMONT INTO THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK. THESE AREAS

  WILL SEE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING...THOUGH ICE JAMS

  ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE NORTH COUNTRY.

 

* ICE JAMS ARE VERY UNPREDICTABLE AND CAN BREAK UP...MOVE...AND

  JAM AGAIN VERY QUICKLY. IF THEY OCCUR...WATER BACKING UP BEHIND

  THE JAM CAN FLOOD AREAS UNDER DEEP WATER WITH SURPRISING SPEED.

 

* STREET FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY DUE TO MELTING SNOW. IF

  POSSIBLE...ROAD CREWS SHOULD CLEAR STORM DRAINS TO HELP MELT

  WATER MOVE EFFICIENTLY OFF ROAD SURFACES.

 

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.

 

The City of Montpelier’s Flood Monitoring page is located at the following link:

http://www.montpelier-vt.org/page/399/Public-Flood-Monitoring-Page.html

 

 

 

Eric Scharnberg, GIS~Web Specialist
Montpelier Department of Planning & Community Development
39 Main Street - City Hall
Montpelier, Vermont  05602
 
802-223-9506 x36 (office)
802-223-9524 (fax)
e-mail:  esch...@montpelier-vt.org