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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

642 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.



* AT 640 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THERE WAS 

  STILL SOME RESIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH

  THE REGION. IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WITH THIS

  BATCH SHOULD MOVE WEST OF THE WARNING AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

  STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES ARE AROUND 6 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST

  MONMOUTH COUNTY. STATE POLICE REPORTED MANY ROADS WERE

  FLOODED.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  WEST FREEHOLD...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER

DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER

RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE

TELEVISION OUTLET.



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LAT...LON 4029 7428 4019 7432 4011 7456 4017 7461

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