Flash Flood Watch Issued for Montpelier - Flash Flood Warning for Southwestern Washington County

[Gwendolyn Hallsmith]

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* MOST OF VERMONT...EXCEPT FRANKLIN AND GRAND ISLE COUNTIES.

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS
  MOST OF VERMONT.

* AREAS HARD HIT BY TROPICAL STORM IRENE LAST WEEK WILL BE
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO MORE FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THE ALREADY WET AND
  ERODED GROUND. IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH RAINFALL TO CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING IN THIS SITUATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP THAT
LEADS TO FLASH FLOODING.

RESPONSE AND RESTORATION WORKERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WORKING IN
STREAM CHANNELS OR TRAVELING ON TEMPORARY ROADS...WILL BE
VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING. 

WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ADDISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHITTENDEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VERMONT
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN RUTLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WINDSOR COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL AS
  MUCH AS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL MOVE INTO AREAS THAT WERE
  PREVIOUSLY DAMAGED BY FLOODING...AND WILL BE VULNERABLE TO
  ADDITIONAL FLOODING. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL QUICKLY LEAVE
  THEIR BANKS. REPAIRS TO CULVERT...BRIDGES...  AND ROADSIDE
  DITCHES WILL BE OVERWHELMED BY WATER. ROAD WASHOUTS ARE LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST
  MIDDLEBURY...BRISTOL...HANCOCK...RIPTON...LINCOLN...AND WARREN.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODING...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 800 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY SUBMITTING
A STORM REPORT AT WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU ARE
THREATENED BY FLOODING OR ARE DIRECTED BY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...THE ROAD MAY BE
WASHED AWAY BENEATH THE WATER SURFACE...AND IT ONLY TAKES A FEW
INCHES OF FLOWING WATER TO CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. MOST FLOOD DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES...MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN.

DO NOT GO ON...IN...OR NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS. THE HIGH WATER LEVELS
AND FAST FLOWS CAN BE DEADLY FOR PERSONS CAUGHT IN FLOODWATERS BY
ACCIDENT...OR TRY TO SWIM OR BOAT ON FLOODED WATERWAYS. REPAIR
PERSONNEL SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING...
AND IMMEDIATE ACTION MUST BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

For Updates:  www.weather.gov

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Gwendolyn Hallsmith

gwe...@gmail.com

work address:

Director, Department of Planning and Community Development
City Hall
39 Main Street
Montpelier, VT  05602
ghall...@montpelier-vt.org
802-223-9506