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NJC025-029-020200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

656 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY

  NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.



* AT 652 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNING AREA.  DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES THE WARNING AREA HAS ALREADY SEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL...AND THIS NEW ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING ANOTHER 

INCH OR TWO OF RAIN TO THE AREA. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



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 4033 7400 4002 7403 3987 7421 4008 7447



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