THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BRATTLEBORO... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK FROM THE SOUTHWEST. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GUILFORD CENTER AND BRATTLEBORO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT [email protected] FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV OR TWITTER @NWSALBANY. && LAT...LON 4272 7247 4273 7292 4283 7293 4291 7292 4291 7291 4295 7253 4292 7252 4290 7252 4288 7255 4281 7254 4276 7247 4273 7246 -SWC-
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:54:42 +0000
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