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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

735 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT.



* AT 724 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS IN EASTERN 

  ATLANTIC COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY IN

  EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ANOTHER

  THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN ATLANTIC

  COUNTY AND   WILL DROP AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

  RAIN...POSSIBLY OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE 

  HEAVY RAIN.





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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