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WGUS71 KPHI 162148

FFSPHI

PAC089-162315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

547 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



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

PENNSYLVANIA...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTERS REPORT MULTIPLE STREAMS ARE 

OVERFLOWING IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF MONROE COUNTY. POWER HAS ALSO 

BEEN DISRUPTED AND BASEMENTS HAVE BEEN FLOODED. 



SPECIFICALLY...BURGER HOLLOW ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 209 IS IMPASSABLE. 

ROUTE 115 IN EFFORT NEAR HIGHWAY 209 IS ALSO CLOSED.



THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE 

MOVED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS AREA, BUT IT WILL STILL TAKE 

TIME FOR THE FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT 

OVER SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THIS AREA.



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.



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

WEATHER INFORMATION.



REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE 

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 715 PM.



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