Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Burlington, VT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WINTER STORM WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
400 AM EST WED MAR 11 1992

A DRASTIC CHANGE FROM SPRING LIKE WEATHER TO WINTER WILL TAKE PLACE
LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST NEW YORK AND VERMONT AS
A LARGE STORM MOVES THOUGH THE NORTHEAST.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
VERMONT AND NORTHEAST NEW YORK AND THE FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA TODAY.

THE WARM TEMPERATURES AND OVERNIGHT RAINS WILL PUT MORE WATER INTO
THE RIVERS AND STREAMS OF VERMONT AND NEW YORK TODAY...INCREASING THE
POTENTAL FOR FLOODING. ICE JAMS WILL BE THE MAIN PROBLEM TODAY AS THE
ICE STARTS TO BREAK UP AND MOVE.

AN INCH OR SO OF RAIN COULD FALL TODAY...SO PERSONS LIVING NEAR FLOOD
OR ICE JAM PRONE RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE WATER
LEVELS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THE NEED ARISES.

THE SECOND PROBLEM THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL COME WITH SHARPLY
COLDER TEMPERATURES. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST AND
TEMPERTURES WILL DROP 10 TO 15 DEGREES IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. THIS
WILL PRODUCE ALOT OF ICE ON HIGHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. AT THE SAME TIME
THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY TONIGHT AND 6
TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE CURRECT PROJECTION FOR THE STORM PATTERN CALLS FOR A MAJOR STORM
TO MOVE UP THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY AND THIS MEANS A VERY CHANGABLE
SITUATION FOR VERMONT AND NORTHEAST NEW YORK THROUGH THURSDAY. ONE
THING IS CERTAIN...THE WEATHER WILL CHANGE DRASTICALLY BY THIS
AFTERNOON AND PEOPLE SHOULD BER PREPARED FOR THE SHARPLY COLDER
TEMPERATURES...ICE...SNOW AND WINDS THAT WILL BE AROUND THE REGION BY
THE TIME SCHOOLS LET OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND THE MAJORITY OF THE
WORKERS HEAD HOME.

REMEMBER THAT A FLOOD WATCH AND A WINTER STORM WATCH ARE IN EFFECT.
THIS MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOOZDING AND HEAVY SNOW ARE THERE.
IF FLOODING OR HEAVY SNOW BECOMES MORE CERTAIN OR BEGINS A WARNING
WILL BE ISSUED.

THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS LATE WINTER WEATHER WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
800 AM.

WSG

VTZ001-002-003-004-005-NYZ011-111500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WINTER STORM WARNING...WINTER STORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
700 AM EST WED MAR 11 1992

THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING
FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN VERMONT...FROM ADDISON AND ORANGE
COUNTIES NORTHWARD.

FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAD REACHED CLINTON COUNTY NEW YORK AT 630 AM
AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN VERMONT THIS MORNING. THE
TEMPERATURE WILL DROP BELOW 32 DEGREES IN THE BURLINGTON AREA BY 830
AM AND IN THE MONTPELIER REGION BY 930 AM. IT SHOULD FALL BELOW
FREEZING IN ESSEX...CALEDONIA AND ORANGE COUNTIES BY 1130 AM.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE
SOUTHERN VERMONT COUNTIES OF RUTLAND...WINDSOR...BENNINGTON AND
WINDHAM.

THE RAIN THAT WAS FALLING ACROSS THE REGION WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET FOR A COUPLE HOURS WHEN THE TEMPERATURES DROPS TO THE
FREEZING MARK. AFTER A COUPLE HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN IT WILL CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH GREATER THAN 6 INCHES
ACCUMULATION LIKELY IN MOST AREAS.

OVERNIGHT RAINS HAVE PRODUCED RUNOFF THAT WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS ON
SOME VERMONT HIGHWAYS THIS MORNING. THE MAIN PROBLEM AREAS WERE
AROUND NORTH TUNBRIDGE AND HARTFORD. THERE IS A POTENTAL FOR ICE JAMS
STILL ON THE WAITS RIVER AROUND EAST CORINTH AND NEAR ROUTE 110 IN
TUNBRIDGE.

THE COLDER AIR MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT TODAY WILL
BRING AN END TO THE MELTING SNOWS AND RUN OFF BUT PERSONS LIVING NEAR
STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT ARE FLOOD/ICE JAM PRONE SHOULD CONTINUE TO
WATCH THEM CLOSELY UNTIL THINGS FREEZE UP AGAIN.

DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME VERY ICY THIS
MORNING WHEN THE COLD AIR MOVES IN.

THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS LATE WINTER WEATHER WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
1000 AM.

WSG

VTZ001-002-003-004-005-NYZ011-111500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WINTER STORM WARNING...WINTER STORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
700 AM EST WED MAR 11 1992

THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING
FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN VERMONT...FROM ADDISON AND ORANGE
COUNTIES NORTHWARD.

FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAD REACHED CLINTON COUNTY NEW YORK AT 630 AM
AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN VERMONT THIS MORNING. THE
TEMPERATURE WILL DROP BELOW 32 DEGREES IN THE BURLINGTON AREA BY 830
AM AND IN THE MONTPELIER REGION BY 930 AM. IT SHOULD FALL BELOW
FREEZING IN ESSEX...CALEDONIA AND ORANGE COUNTIES BY 1130 AM.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE
SOUTHERN VERMONT COUNTIES OF RUTLAND...WINDSOR...BENNINGTON AND
WINDHAM.

THE RAIN THAT WAS FALLING ACROSS THE REGION WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET FOR A COUPLE HOURS WHEN THE TEMPERATURES DROPS TO THE
FREEZING MARK. AFTER A COUPLE HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN IT WILL CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH GREATER THAN 6 INCHES
ACCUMULATION LIKELY IN MOST AREAS.

OVERNIGHT RAINS HAVE PRODUCED RUNOFF THAT WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS ON
SOME VERMONT HIGHWAYS THIS MORNING. THE MAIN PROBLEM AREAS WERE
AROUND NORTH TUNBRIDGE AND HARTFORD. THERE IS A POTENTAL FOR ICE JAMS
STILL ON THE WAITS RIVER AROUND EAST CORINTH AND NEAR ROUTE 110 IN
TUNBRIDGE.

THE COLDER AIR MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT TODAY WILL
BRING AN END TO THE MELTING SNOWS AND RUN OFF BUT PERSONS LIVING NEAR
STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT ARE FLOOD/ICE JAM PRONE SHOULD CONTINUE TO
WATCH THEM CLOSELY UNTIL THINGS FREEZE UP AGAIN.

DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME VERY ICY THIS
MORNING WHEN THE COLD AIR MOVES IN.

THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS LATE WINTER WEATHER WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
1000 AM.

WSG