From the National Weather Service in Burlington:
WATCHES/WARNINGS…
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING FOR
VERMONT AND THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE
ADIRONDACKS IN NORTHERN NEW YORK.
.STORM INFORMATION…
AT 5 PM EDT…TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS 65 MILES SOUTH OF RUTLAND
VERMONT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 50 MPH. IRENE WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST, ACROSS PORTIONS OF VERMONT AND INTO NORTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE THIS EVENING.
.RAINFALL…
AS OF EARLY EVENING, WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS MOST OF VERMONT AND EASTERN NEW ENGLAND. MUCH LESS RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NEW YORK THROUGH
8 PM. ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN VERMONT, ONLY LIGHT
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS THE BULK OF THE RAIN HAS ENDED.
.FLOODING…
WIDESPREAD SEVERE FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS MANY AREAS OF
SOUTHERN VERMONT AND EASTERN NEW YORK, AND THE FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.
RIVERS ACROSS THE REGION ARE CONTINUING TO RISE RAPIDLY, AND
SEVERAL AREA ALREADY WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. LARGER RIVERS ACROSS
THE REGION WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY.
EVERYONE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS NEED TO TAKE ACTION NOW. FLOODING
AT NIGHT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AS IT IS MUCH HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
HOW DEEP WATER IS OR REALIZE THAT A ROAD OR BRIDGE IS WASHED OUT
UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.
.WINDS…
WINDS CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN, AND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE HAPPENING
IN MANY AREAS, ESPECIALLY THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY. MANY TREES HAVE
BEEN DOWNED, RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL BE
STRONGEST THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING, WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH
EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY FROM EASTERN NEW YORK ACROSS MUCH OF VERMONT.
THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 