Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Burlington, VT

Issued

Apr 2, 1998, 3:28 AM EST (08:28 UTC)

Expired

Apr 2, 1998, 3:30 PM EST

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Burlington, VT

Area

Whole counties

County Franklin County, VT

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
328 AM EST THU APR 2 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH NEW YORK
 
   ...CLINTON COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY...ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
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
 
   ...CHITTENDEN COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST VERMONT
 
   ...RUTLAND COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL VERMONT
 
   ...ADDISON COUNTY
 
MANY RIVERS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE EARLY THIS MORNING. MOST HAVE STABILIZED OR BEGUN A SLIGHT
RECESSION. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT MAY REVERSE THIS TREND.
 
SOME OF THE WORST FLOODING TODAY IS EXPECTED ALONG THE PASSUMPSIC...
THIS INCLUDES THE ST JOHNSBURY AREA AND ROUTE 5.
 
SERIOUS FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE CHAZY AND SARANAC RIVERS OF
CLINTON COUNTY. THE SALMON RIVER OF FRANKLIN COUNTY NEW YORK AND THE
RAQUETTE RIVER OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY WILL ALSO REMAIN ABOVE BANKFULL.
THE OSWEGATCHIE RIVER WAS ALSO AT FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS MORNING AND
WILL REMAIN THERE TODAY.
 
THE OTTER CREEK OF RUTLAND COUNTY AND THE BLACK RIVER OF ORLEANS COUNTY
WILL REMAIN ABOVE BANKFULL AS WILL THE MISSISQUOI OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
VERMONT.
 
THE LAMOILLE AND WINOOSKI RIVERS ARE BOTH VERY NEAR OR JUST OVER
BANKFULL EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN A SLOW RECESSION
LATER TODAY.
 
DIGIORGI
 
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.
 
 
 
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NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 2, 2:00 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
200 AM EST THU APR 2 1998

NEXT BATCH OF SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK IN ASSOCIATION WITH
UPPER LOW. FOG IS SETTLING IN ACROSS AREA.

UPPER LOW AND SURFACE TROUGH TO MOVE ACROSS FORECAST AREA LATE
TODAY/TONIGHT. H5 TEMPERATURES TO -28. FAIRLY STEEP LAPSE RATES THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAY BE SOME LOW TOPPED THUNDERSTORMS AND
PERHAPS SMALL HAIL.

FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN UP THROUGH THE DAY. MOST RIVERS FALLING OR HAVE
STABILIZED...BUT STILL IN FLOOD. RAIN TODAY MORE CONVECTIVE AND
SHOULD YIELD LOWER BASIN AVERAGES THAN ON WEDNESDAY. QPF THIS
FORECAST PERIOD SCATTERED 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH AND THIS SHOULD NOT
HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON RIVERS. I EXPECT THAT WORST OF FLOODING
HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...EXCEPT ALONG THE SHORES OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN.

UPPER LOW JUST EAST OF FORECAST AREA BY 06Z...BUT SURFACE TROUGH
SLOWLY PIVOTING THROUGH VERY LATE THURSDAY AND ON FRIDAY. SHOWERS
MAY BECOME SNOW SHOWERS IN HIGHER TERRAIN BY FRIDAY MORNING. COLD
AIR DEEPENS ON FRIDAY AND SO ANY SHOWERS IN HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE
SNOW WITH RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS ELSEWHERE.

FORECAST SUGGESTIONS...

TODAY...AREAS OF FOG EARLY THIS MORNING...OTHERWISE CLOUDS MIXING
WITH SOME SUNSHINE. BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND A CHANCE
OF A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 45 TO 50. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO
15 MPH.

TONIGHT...CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS. (SHOWERS MAY CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS
IN HIGHER TERRAIN LATE). LOW IN THE MID 30S (LOWER 30S HIGHER
TERRAIN). SOUTHWEST WIND BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH (SOUTHWEST TO
WEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH C AND S FA).

FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY (SNOW
SHOWERS HIGHER TERRAIN). HIGH 35 TO 40 (MID 30S HIGHER TERRAIN/40 TO
45 S VT).

DIGIORGI

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