Archive for March 12th, 2013

12 Mar

NWS: Raining, Melting and Flood Watching

Posted by Julia Carlisle in Vermont. 

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.
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