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WGUS71 KPHI 161914

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PAC089-162115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

311 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MONROE COUNTY...



AT 310 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL 

RAINFALL OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF MONROE COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

WAS OVER THE AREA SOUTH AND WEST OF BRODHEADSVILLE.   RAINFALL OVER 

THREE INCHES AN HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN THIS REGION.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT. 



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE

WEATHER INFORMATION.



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