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NJC037-290245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

650 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.



* AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA 

MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES SINCE ABOUT 

400 PM IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SUSSEX COUNTY.  A RAINFALL TOTAL OF 

ONE AND THREE QUARTER INCHES WAS REPORTED FROM WANTAGE SHORTLY AFTER 

600 PM.



WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE NORTHERN 

HALF OF THE COUNTY...A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT 

SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY.  HOWEVER...ONLY LOCALIZED FLOODING IN AREAS 

OF POOR DRAINAGE IS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY.



PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.



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LAT...LON 4135 7470 4110 7497 4111 7471 4119 7437



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