Friday, June 20, 2008

Flood Threat Still Continues

Hey everyone,
     I am sure hearing about the flood potential has been like listening to a broken record, but the threat still continues. Several days ago I mentioned they had Flash Flooding in Montgomery. Well yesterday they had some flooding in Fairfield, on Buck Hollow Rd. The road was shut down for several hours. Now these instances of flooding are nowhere near widespread but with the ground being saturated and these bouts of rain we have had every day for the last week or so have been really adding up. Over the past 7 days the entire State of Vermont, and Northern New York has received at minimum a half inch. Not very impressive I know, however as much as 5 inches of rain has fallen in a few areas. Average rainfall across the area has been around an inch and a half. But of most concern are the areas that have seen the most rain. The areas that have seen 3 - 5 inches of rain have been the Extreme Northern Champlain Valley, North-Central Vermont, Northeast Vermont, and the St. Lawrence Valley of New York. To make things worse we will continue to see showers some of which could be heavy through Sunday. Then Sunday into Sunday Night a widespread rain event is likely, forecasted to drop 1 - 2 inches of rain. This will likely cause some widespread minor flooding across Vermont, and New York, especially where the heaviest rain has occurred. Things will need to be monitored for the possibility of significant flooding in places such as Montgomery, Vermont. Below is an updated flood map...

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