From the National Weather Service: HITE RIVER JUNCTION...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 227 PM EDT TUE MAR 12 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH RAINFALL TOTALING AROUND THREE QUARTERS TO AN INCH OR MORE FOR RIVER BASINS IN THE WATCH AREA. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES DURING THE PAST THREE DAYS HAVE RESULTED IN MELTING SNOW AND SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND HAS PRIMED THE SNOW PACK AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL MELTING TODAY. COMBINATION OF RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SHARP RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS TODAY. REMAINING RIVER ICE WILL LIKELY ALSO BREAK UP TODAY...AND MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED ICE JAMS. * PROSPECT IS FOR GENERALLY MINOR FLOODING ALONG RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA. THOSE WITH INTERESTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.
12 Mar
Julia Carlisle
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