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PAC017-091-230045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

148 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA 

  BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 745 PM EST.



* AT 142 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN 

  CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION. SMALL STREAM FLOODING HAS

  BEEN REPORTED IN CHESTER COUNTY AND SHOULD BEGIN ACROSS THE 

  AREA DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION POOR

  DRAINAGE AND BASEMENT FLOODING WILL OCCUR. THE NESHAMINY CREEK 

  IN BUCKS COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING. 

  A MORE SPECIFIC CREST FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 

MOST 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 4052 7523 4030 7494 4010 7541 4033 7557

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