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WGUS51 KPHI 052303

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PAC017-029-091-060200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

559 PM EST WED NOV 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA   

  SOUTHERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EST.



* AT 545 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN INCH TO

  AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN WERE 

  DEVELOPING IN CHESTER COUNTY AND SHOULD MOVE OVER THE SAME

  AREAS. STORM TOTALS SHOULD REACH BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES

  AND THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO START STREAM FLOODING IN THE AREA.

  IN ADDITION POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS ONGOING. FLOODING WAS

  REPORTED ALONG U.S. ROUTE 202 IN MONTGOMERYVILLE.



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.



 

LAT...LON 4038 7498 4018 7480 4012 7530 3972 7596

          4001 7595



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