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WGUS71 KPHI 132046

FFSPHI

NJZ020-132130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

445 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED THROUGH 615 PM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW MODERATE TO 

HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OCEAN COUNTY. RAINFALL UP TO 

SIX INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA IN THE LAST COUPLE HOURS. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN EXITS 69 AND 74 ON THE GARDEN 

STATE PARKWAY...THROUGH FORKED RIVER...BARNEGAT PINES...LANOKA 

HARBOR...BAYVILLE...TO JUST SOUTH OF OCEAN GATE. FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED IN BAYVILLE ALONG ROUTE 9. FOR THIS REASON THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 615 PM.



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.



BESIDES THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING...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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