Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Burlington, VT

Issued

Jul 15, 1997, 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC)

Expired

Jul 15, 1997, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Burlington, VT

Area

Whole counties

Counties Caledonia County, VT, Orange County, VT, Washington County, VT

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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TTAA00 KBTV 151547
FFWBTV
VTC017-015-019-023-005-009-011-152000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1143 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS EXTENDED THE
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL VERMONT
 
   ...ORANGE COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT
 
   ...LAMOILLE COUNTY...ORLEANS COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST VERMONT
 
   ...CALEDONIA COUNTY...ESSEX COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST VERMONT
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA CONTINUE OUT OF THEIR
BANKS. THE WATER IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO SLOWLY RECEDE THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON. MORE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT COULD
AGGRAVATE THE FLOOD SITUATION.
 
NUMEROUS SECTIONS OF ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WASHED OUT OR ARE
STILL UNDER WATER. THIS SITUATION WILL ONLY GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS
AFTERNOON. EVEN AFTER THE WATER RECEDES...THE RESULTING STRUCTUAL DAMAGE
MAY MAKE TRAVEL OVER THESE ROADWAYS UNSAFE.
 
SOME OF THE RIVERS WHICH WILL CONTINUE ABOVE OR NEAR FLOOD ACROSS
NORTHEAST VERMONT INCLUDE THE PASSUMPSIC...MISSISQUOI...BLACK...WELLS
...LAMOILLE AND THE WINOOSKI RIVERS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY. YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
DIGIORGI
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NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 15, 10:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1000 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

BACKDOOR COLD FRONT ALIGNED FROM NEAR MSS TO 1V4. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
ALONG THIS BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT WERE 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD STALL IN THIS VICINITY BEFORE
RETREATING BACK TO NORTHEAST.

NEXT BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM WEST WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES INTO FORECAST AREA TONIGHT.

MAIN THREAT TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERE
THREAT SHOULD BE MINIMAL...BUT THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED DAMAGING
WIND/LARGE HAIL REPORTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST FORECAST AREA WHERE
HEATING IS WELL UNDERWAY.

FORECAST SUGGESTIONS...

THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE
LIKELY. HUMID AND HAZY. HIGH 80 TO 85 (75 TO 80 NC-NE VT AND MID TO
UPPER 80S ST LAWRENCE). SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH (EAST TO
SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 E FA).

DIGIORGI

Flash Flood Warnings in Vermont, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.