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8 Sep

1:30am Thursday: Heavy Rain Falling in Woodstock

Posted September 8, 2011 by Julia Carlisle in Vermont.

Good Morning, Early, Early Birds or All You, Very,  Very Late Birds,

Heavy overnight rains are making us twitchy. If you’re in Woodstock you don’t need Early Bird to tell you: It’s raining hard and Kedron Brook flowing fast. Early Bird just moved the car to higher ground — Again!

Here’s last night’s Flood Watch update from the National Weather Service:

945 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON…

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT…INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING AREAS…IN NORTHERN NEW YORK…ESSEX COUNTY. IN
  VERMONT…ADDISON…RUTLAND…ORANGE…WASHINGTON…AND WINDSOR
  COUNTIES.

* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT BEFORE
  ENDING THURSDAY MORNING. THE RAIN WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT
  TIMES OVERNIGHT WITHIN A NARROW BAND FROM ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK
  INTO WEST-CENTRAL VERMONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE
  HIGHER TERRAIN OF ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK EASTWARD INTO ADDISON
  COUNTY VERMONT.

* WHILE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED…MANY RIVERS
  CONTINUE TO RUN ABOVE NORMAL GIVEN RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
  THE PAST 10 DAYS AND SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. WITH ADDITIONAL
  RAIN…A FEW RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE TO NEAR OR ABOVE
  BANKFULL. MINOR LOWLAND FIELD FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IN
  ADDITION…ISOLATED LANDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE EXTREMELY
  WET SOIL…ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OF ESSEX
  COUNTY NEW YORK AND THE WEST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL GREEN
  MOUNTAINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. REPAIR CREWS WORKING IN
STREAM AND RIVER CHANNELS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR RISING
WATER LEVELS…AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD
WARNINGS BE ISSUED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF HIGH WATER OR FLOODING