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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

511 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.



* AT 506 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO THREE

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN QUEEN ANNES 

  COUNTY.  ALSO...COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED FLOODING OF 

  SEVERAL ROADS...SOME UNDER THREE FEET OF WATER.



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.



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.



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 3922 7578 3894 7597 3904 7614 3923 7600



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