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WGUS51 KPHI 190644

FFWPHI

PAC017-190900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

242 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTHERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT.



* AT 236 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

  WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN BUCKS COUNTY.

  THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF DROPPING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS

  LEHIGH AND BERKS COUNTIES WHERE DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL 

  ESTIMATES HAVE REACHED BETWEEN 4 AND 5 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 4055 7514 4039 7515 4037 7528 4050 7545



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