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Good Morning Early Birds,

WEB has re-booted and unfortunately, must now  be the carrier of worrisome news..Essentially in mariner lingo:

Batten Down the Hatches!

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/btv/

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
423 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011

RUTLAND…SPRINGFIELD…WHITE RIVER JUNCTION…ENOSBURG FALLS…
RICHFORD…UNDERHILL…BRISTOL…RIPTON…EAST WALLINGFORD…
KILLINGTON
423 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING…

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* ALL OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO 4
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS
  THE ENTIRE NORTH COUNTRY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
  CONCENTRATED OVER NORTHERN NEW YORK SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…
  AND THEN MOVE INTO VERMONT BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY
  NIGHT.

* THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION! AREAS HARD HIT BY
  TROPICAL STORM IRENE WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MORE FLASH
  FLOODING GIVEN THE ALREADY WET AND ERODED GROUND. IT WILL NOT
  TAKE MUCH RAINFALL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THIS SITUATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

RESPONSE AND RESTORATION WORKERS FROM TROPICAL STORM
IRENE…ESPECIALLY THOSE WORKING IN STREAM CHANNELS OR TRAVELING
ON TEMPORARY ROAD REPAIRS…WILL BE VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING.
STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AND PLAN FOR WEATHER THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE AREA