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WGUS51 KPHI 191953

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DEC005-192145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

349 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

 

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.



* AT 344 PM EDT...STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

IN BETHANY BEACH. RADAR INDICATES THAT MORE THAN 5 INCHES OF RAIN

HAS FALLEN ON THE DELAWARE BEACHES SOUTH OF INDIAN RIVER BAY AND

INLAND TO HIGHWAY 113. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED BETWEEN

113 AND 13 AND SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN.  



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.



INTENSE LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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.



REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE.



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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