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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT

March 17, 2025Orleans County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2025, 1:50 AM EDT for Orleans County, Vermont. It took effect at Mar 17, 2025, 3:24 AM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2025, 1:50 AM EDT (05:50 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 17, 2025, 3:24 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 18, 2025, 12:46 PM EDT
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Orleans County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The river

Written for the forecast point Barton River near Coventry (COVV1). The gauge peaked at 8.94 ft at Mar 17, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04296280, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 16, 7:03 PM EDT, 6 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 7:03 PM EDT, 6 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 3:32 PM EDT, 10 hours 18 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Burlington VT
332 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

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Northern St. Lawrence-Northern Franklin-Eastern Clinton-
Southeastern St. Lawrence-Southern Franklin-Western Clinton-
Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Southwestern St. Lawrence-Grand Isle-
Western Franklin-Western Chittenden-Western Addison-Western Rutland-
Eastern Chittenden-Eastern Addison-
332 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern New York and parts of
western Vermont.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.
   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

VTZ003-004-006>008-010-016-019>021-171945-
Orleans-Essex-Lamoille-Caledonia-Washington-Orange-Eastern Franklin-
Eastern Rutland-Western Windsor-Eastern Windsor-
332 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for parts of eastern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle52 min
Mar 16, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBTVAddison, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans, Washington45 min
Mar 16, 11:57 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBTVOrleans19 hr
Mar 17, 2:49 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBTVRutland, Windsor11 hr
Mar 17, 3:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBTVRutland37 hr
Mar 17, 9:04 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBTVChittenden13 hr
Mar 17, 9:13 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBTVCaledonia21 hr
Mar 17, 9:31 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBTVLamoille14 hr
Mar 17, 1:56 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBTVClinton, Essex8 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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