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WGUS51 KPHI 161802

FFWPHI

PAC089-162100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

200 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.



* AT 152 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EXTREME EAST 

CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY. 



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.



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 4111 7498 4105 7502 4103 7512 4115 7509



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