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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

214 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.



* AT 204 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED...A THUNDERSTORM OVER 

EXTREME NORTHEAST CARBON AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTIES. THIS 

THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A THUNDERTORM

OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST MONROE COUNTY THAT WAS ALSO NEARLY STATIONARY.



RADAR SHOWED BOTH THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL IN EXCESS

OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



INTENSE LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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 4136 7526 4111 7506 4097 7566 4122 7579



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