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WGUS51 KPHI 190608

FFWPHI

PAC077-190900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

206 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT.



* AT 200 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS IN SOUTHERN LEHIGH COUNTY.

  THE SAME STORM DROPPED AROUND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN 

  WITHIN AN HOUR IN BERKS COUNTY WITH DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL

  ESTIMATES NEARING 4 INCHES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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LAT...LON 4062 7539 4047 7540 4045 7554 4058 7570



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