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WGUS51 KPHI 011836

FFWPHI

DEC005-012200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

235 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.



* AT 228 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 7.50 INCHES

  OF RAIN IN MILLSBORO AND 5.65 INCHES IN GEORGETOWN. FLOODED 

  ROADWAYS WERE REPORTED MAINLY TO THE EAST OF U.S. ROUTE 113

  CONCENTRATED IN THE OAK ORCHARD AND MILLSBORO AREAS. 



* DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING HEAVIER RAIN REMAINING NEARLY 

  STATIONARY ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF SUSSEX COUNTY. ADDITIONAL

  STORM TOTALS OF AROUND AN INCH IS LIKELY. THE INCOMING HIGH 

  TIDE IS LIKELY TO EXACERBATE THE FLOODING ALONG COASTAL AREAS 

  AND INLETS FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TIDE AT FENWICK 

  ISLAND WILL BE AT 303 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3890 7491 3846 7500 3845 7544 3890 7536



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