WGUS81 KALY 062125
FLSALY

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
521 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008

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WINDHAM VT-
521 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008

...THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY...

AT 521 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...REPEATEDLY 
IMPACTING AREAS BETWEEN CAMBRIDGEPORT...ATHENS...AND SIMPSONVILLE.
RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO 
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ROADWAYS 
WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA.

THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON AREA STREAMS. 
THIS WILL INCLUDE...BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO ATHENS BROOK...MILL 
BROOK...WEAVER BROOK...AND BULL CREEK.

IN ADDITION...MINOR FLOODING IS LIKELY ON PORTIONS OF ROUTE 35 AND 
121...ESPECIALLY IMMEDIATELY SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF ATHENS.

THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN AREAL COVERAGE AND 
INTENSITY BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL 
PERSIST THROUGH 730 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 4304 7246 4304 7272 4309 7271 4319 7264
      4323 7254 4323 7244 4315 7245 4312 7244

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KL