WATCH: Videos show flood conditions across Vermont

DOWNTOWN. NOW, NBC5 FIRST WARNING WEATHER. THE AREA’S CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. ALL RIGHT. YOU’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR CAMERAS THAT ARE LOOKING OVER THE CITIES OF PLATTSBURGH AND BURLINGTON RIGHT NOW. THAT’S SOME DEVASTATING FLOODING GOING ON. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ROAD CLOSURES AND I GOT THIS MAP OF THE REGION, IT’S IT’S ALMOST LIKE RIGHT DOWN THE SPINE OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS. WELL, THE WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT IT IS SORT OF LIKE A FUNNEL. IF YOU’RE TRYING TO PUT OIL IN YOUR CAR OR WIPER FLUID, YOU GOT TO THINK OF THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN ALL THE WATER GOES DOWN INTO THE TOWNS AND THE VILLAGES. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHERE EVERYONE LIVES. BUT THAT’S WHERE ALL THE WATER IS GOING TO. AND JUST BECAUSE IT’S NOT RAINING IN YOUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW DOESN’T MEAN WE’RE OUT OF THE WOODS YET EITHER. CORRECT. AND THE OTHER THING IS, YOU DON’T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE UNDER THE HEAVIEST RAIN OVERNIGHT BECAUSE THE WATER IS GOING TO MOVE DOWN THROUGH THE RIVERS AND STREAMS. SO AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS DOWN INTO THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY, INTO NORTHERN VERMONT AS WELL, CENTRAL VERMONT ESPECIALLY. SO IT WILL BE A LONG NIGHT. WE’VE GOT THE REPORTS AS OUR REPORTERS ACROSS THE REGION, THE REGIONS REALLY THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE HARDEST HIT OVERNIGHT. AND WE’LL BE CHECKING IN WITH THEM AS TIME GOES ON. THIS IS JUST A VERY SMALL SAMPLING OF SOME OF THE HIGHEST RAIN TOTALS WE’VE SEEN SO FAR. WESTON, OVER SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN, SEVEN AND ONE HALF INCHES THERE. THE COOLIDGE STATE PARK, 7.31 WAS WATCHING THE PRESS CONFERENCE FROM THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER EARLIER, AND THEY SAID THAT SOME AREAS IN THESE PARTS WERE ACTUALLY ISOLATED, WAS THE WORD THAT THEY USED. IN OTHER WORDS, PRETTY MUCH CUT OFF FROM EVERYONE ELSE. MOUNT HOLLY HEIGHTS, SEVEN INCHES OR SO, BELMONT UNDER SEVEN, CHATEAUGAY 6.82. SOME OF THESE RAINFALL TOTALS INCLUDE MORE THAN JUST WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON TODAY. IT’S KIND OF HARD AT THIS POINT TO SEPARATE EVERYTHING. AND ACTUALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FLOOD RISK, WHAT HAPPENED A WEEK AGO IS CONTRIBUTING BECAUSE THE GROUND IS SO SATURATED THAT PRETTY MUCH ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN IS JUST RUNNING RIGHT OFF AS OPPOSED TO BEING ABSORBED. SO THAT’S ONE FACTOR IN THE THE CATASTROPHIC FORECAST, DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC THAT WE’RE LOOKING AT FOR SOME PARTS TONIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE PROBLEMATIC BAND OF RAIN THIS STORM ACTUALLY HAS SOME CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE WOULD SEE IN A WINTER STORM UP ABOVE. BUT AT THE GROUND, WE’VE GOT ALL THE HUMIDITY AND THE WARMTH WHICH IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS MAP HERE IS A MAP OF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. THERE ISN’T A SINGLE FLASH FLOOD WARNING RIGHT NOW, BUT WE’RE EXPECTING MANY MORE TO COME IN LATER ON THIS MAP. HERE IS BASICALLY A YOU COULD CALL IT A LOWER LEVEL FLOOD WARNING MAP. IT’S FOR RIVERS FOR ONE. BUT ALSO FOR JUST MORE BROAD FLOOD RING AND FIELDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT’S CALLED AERIAL, BUT THAT’S THE GREEN IS BASICALLY THE WHOLE STATE OF VERMONT. THERE WILL BE MORE FLASH FLOODING AS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT. THAT’S THE TOP LEVEL FLOOD ALERT THAT THE WEATHER SERVICE PUTS OUT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE HEAVIEST BAND OF RAIN RIGHT NOW IS RIGHT OVER THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY INTO CENTRAL VERMONT, UP TOWARDS NEWPORT AND BARTON. AND AS WE GO DOWN TO THE SOUTH A LITTLE BIT, IT’S STILL RAINING IN THE LUDLOW AREA. THE POCKET OF HEAVY RAIN IS A LITTLE BIT OFF TO THE EAST OF LUDLOW, A LITTLE CLOSER TO WINDSOR IN WINDSOR COUNTY THERE. BUT LOOK AT WINDHAM COUNTY BENNINGTON COUNTY, PRETTY DRY. THERE HAVE BEEN SUNNY BREAKS AND BRATTLEBORO AND AREAS JUST WEST OF BRATTLEBORO. SO THAT’S WHY THE MAJOR FLOOD RISK IS SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AS WE GO INTO THIS EVENING FOR THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY IN NORTHERN VERMONT. IN JUST THE LAST THREE HOURS, THE RAIN TOTALS ARE REALLY ADDING UP HERE IN THE MIDDLEBURY AND SALISBURY AREA. THAT’S WHERE ANDREW IS IN THE WEATHER LAB. SO, AGAIN, WE’VE GOT THESE FOUR RIVERS EXPECTED TO BE WELL FOR SPOTS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MAJOR FLOODING AS WE GO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW. THE MAD RIVER, WINOOSKI AND LEMUEL COUPLE OF SPOTS ON THE WINOOSKI. WE’LL SHOW YOU A QUICK LOOK AT THE TEN DAY HERE AND WE’LL HAVE THE FLOODING TOMORROW MORNING. BUT SOME BREAKS OF SUN LATER ON IN THE DAY. SO THE BIG RIVERS WILL KEEP COMING UP TILL ABOUT LUNCHTIME TOMORROW. THEN WE SQUEEZE IN A MOSTLY DRY DAY THERE. WEDNESDAY, BUT MORE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY, FRIDAY, EACH OF THOSE DAYS WILL HAVE AT LEAST AN ISOLATED FLOOD RISK. IT’S JUST HOW IT’S GOING TO BE HERE FOR A WHILE BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS