Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Burlington, VT

Issued

Mar 30, 1998, 3:47 AM EST (08:47 UTC)

Expired

Mar 30, 1998, 3:45 PM EST

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Burlington, VT

Area

Whole counties

County St. Lawrence County, NY

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TTAA00 KBTV 300852
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NYC019-089-VTC019-011-021-302045-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
347 AM EST MON MAR 30 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH NEW YORK
 
   ...CLINTON COUNTY...ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT
 
   ...ORLEANS COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST VERMONT
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST VERMONT
 
   ...RUTLAND COUNTY
 
...FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CLINTON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES OF
NEW YORK AND FOR FRANKLIN...ORLEANS AND RUTLAND COUNTIES OF VERMONT
THROUGH 345 PM MONDAY...
 
ALL NORTH COUNTRY RIVERS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AND SOME REMAIN ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE.  CRESTS HAVE OCCURRED AT SOME LOCATIONS ON MANY RIVERS BUT
IN SOME AREAS LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE. SNOWMELT WILL ACCELERATE AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON AS VERY WARM TEMPERATURES RE-OCCUR.  LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWER
AND THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AND POSE THE
POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL RISES OR SECONDARY CRESTS ON MANY
RIVERS...PROMPTING A FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND
NORTHERN VERMONT.
 
AT 3 AM...THE OTTER CREEK GAGE IN CENTER RUTLAND HAS REACHED 10.5
FEET...3 AND 1/2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  SOME ROADS IN CLARENDON AND
PITTSFORD REMAIN UNDERWATER AND FLOOD WATERS WILL SLOWLY SPREAD
DOWNSTREAM INTO BRANDON EARLY TODAY AND TOWARD MIDDLEBURY LATER TODAY.
 
IN FRANKLIN COUNTY VERMONT THE MISSISQUOI RIVER REMAINS ABOUT 1 FOOT
OVER FLOOD STAGE AT THE EAST BERKSHIRE GAGE WHERE THE RIVER HAS FALLEN
OVERNIGHT TO AROUND 13 FEET.  FLOOD WATERS AND THE CREST SHOULD CONTINUE
DOWNSTREAM REACHING THE SWANTON AREA LATER TODAY.
 
IN ORLEANS COUNTY VERMONT THE BLACK RIVER IS A FEW INCHES OVER 6 FEET AT
COVENTRY WHICH IS SUFFICIENT TO THREATEN PORTIONS OF ROUTE 5.  THIS
RIVER COULD RISE AGAIN LATER TODAY INTO TUESDAY.
 
THE CHAZY RIVER IN CLINTON COUNTY NEW YORK HAS LEVELED OFF AT ABOUT 10
FEET AT PERRY MILLS...ABOUT 3 FEET OVER FLOOD STAGE.  THIS RIVER WILL
REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER DAY.  A STATE OF EMERGENCY
REMAINS IN EFFECT IN ELLENBURG AND CHAMPLAIN NEW YORK.  THE SARANAC
RIVER IN THE CITY OF PLATTSBURGH APPEARS TO HAVE CRESTED ABOUT A HALF
FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT 8.6 FEET.  THE SARANAC IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
A SLOW FALL TODAY.
 
IN ST LAWRENCE COUNTY NEW YORK THE OSWEGATCHIE RIVER CONTINUES A SLOW
RISE AND CURRENTLY STANDS AT 6.5 FEET IN HARRISVILLE.  THIS IS CURRENTLY
A HALF FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BUT ROAD CLOSURES WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY
AS THE OSWEGATCHIE CONTINUES TO RISE ABOVE 7 FEET BY TONIGHT OR TUESDAY.
 
&

NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 30, 2:30 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
230 AM EST MON MAR 30 1998

ENTIRE CWA IN COOL AIRMASS NOW WITH REALLY DENSE FOG ALONG THE NY-
CANADIAN BORDER WHICH MAY NOT CLEAR EASILY UNTIL THE WARM FRONT
PASSES...15 TO 18Z TODAY FROM WEST TO EAST.  EXPECT MOST WRM FRONTAL
OVRRNG CNVTN TO STAY N OF CWA THIS MORNING BUT ACTIVITY COULD SLIP
SEWRD ALONG THICKNESS GRADIENT SO SOME SPRINKLES NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION NRN AREAS.

BREEZY...PARTLY SUNNY...AND DRAMATICALLY WARMER BY AFTN.  AGREE WITH
POPS THAT NOT MUCH NEED TO MENTION SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TILL
THIS EVENING OR EARLY TNGT.  BUT JUST AFTER SUNSET THERE COULD BE
LINE OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS DROPPING SEWRD THRU THE OTTAWA VLY
INTO THE NWRN PTN OF THE CWA.  ETA L.I....TOTAL TOTALS...AND H950
FRONTOGENESIS REALLY IMPRSV AS IT ACTS ON PW OF GREATER THAN AN INCH
AND PRBLY COULD USE SOME WORDING IN EVENING OR EARLY NIGHTTIME ZONES
ABOUT GUSTY WINDS OR HAIL.  PCPN COULD AVERAGE A HALF INCH IN NRN
COUNTIES BUT MAY NOT MAKE IT INTO SRN VT AT ALL.

FRONT WILL STALL N OF LAKE ONTARIO MONDAY NIGHT AND OVRRNG CNVTN
BACK IN THE GREAT LAKES COULD DRIFT EWRD INTO ESPECIALLY NRN NY
AGAIN BEFORE TUESDAY MORNING FOR MORE RAIN.  DECIDEDLY COOLER AND
FOG LIKELY ALG THE CANADIAN BORDER WHERE LOWS COULD DROP 5 TO 10
DEGREES COLDER THAN GUIDANCE.

TUESDAY...THERMAL GRADIENT WILL BE INTENSE ALONG THE STNY FRONT
ACROSS THE CNTRL PTN OF THE CWA...PER ETA 950 MB FGEN.  TEMPS
RANGING FROM UPR 40S ON CANADIAN BORDER TO UPR 70S SOUTH OF RUTLAND.
TRAIN ECHO THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM DIURNALLY AND CONTINUE TO RUN
WNW TO ESE ACROSS THE CWA.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO ONE INCH
OR GREATER COULD RESULT.

FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE.  RIVERS MAY HAVE TEMPORARILY CRESTED AT
SOME LOCATIONS BUT MANY COULD RISE AGAIN WITH SCENARIO OF WARMTH
MONDAY AFTN AND PLENTY OF RAIN PSBL MONDAY NGT AND TUES.  FAVOR
FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL BUT PERHAPS RUTLAND AND WINDSOR COUNTIES FOR
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.  CURRENT FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE EXTENDED AT
3 AM FOR ANOTHER 12 HOURS FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES BASED ON RESULTS OF
NEW RVF GUIDANCE.

BELL

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