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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

510 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.



* AT 508 PM EDT...SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUING FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL.  DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT UP TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNING 

AREA. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO REPORTED.  THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN THIS AREA.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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 4105 7532 4090 7527 4083 7546 4097 7550



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