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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

453 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.



* AT 450 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO THREE

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS

  HAVE AND WILL SHOW LITTLE MOVEMENT WITH ADDITIONAL RAINS OF AN 

  INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE WARY OF FLOODING WITH TRIBUTARIES

TO THE NANTICOKE RIVER AND ALONG U.S. ROUTE 13 AND STATE ROUTE 24.



INTENSE LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF

POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID

USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY

FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES.



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LAT...LON 3871 7548 3856 7547 3846 7545 3841 7570

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