The Peru Gazette

Click here to view Ausable Chasm at 7:40 a.m. today. (June 30, not July 30 as stated at the beginning of the video) 

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT, AS WELL AS ALL OF NORTHERN NEW YORK * FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED A SWATH OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, WITH RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAGE REPORTS INDICATING ONE AND HALF TO TWO AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THIS RAINFALL HAS LED TO RAPID RISES OF CREEKS AND SMALLER RIVERS. * SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY, WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OR HIGHER EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS, WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. &&