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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

358 PM EDT WED JUN 26 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 600 PM EDT.



* AT 353 PM EDT...AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAD 

  EXCEEDED THREE INCHES. ALSO...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER

  RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO FIVE INCHES HAD FALLEN IN THIS SAME 

  AREA. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.  



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

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

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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 4107 7572 4091 7567 4111 7515 4122 7522

          4120 7551



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