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WGUS51 KPHI 142248

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PAC011-150200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

646 PM EDT WED JUL 14 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF READING



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE

  ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. STORM TOTALS HAVE REACHED

  BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED

  AS ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN LEBANON COUNTY WILL MOVE

  THROUGH. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WERNERSVILLE...LEESPORT...KUTZTOWN AND BIRDSBORO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 4039 7623 4025 7600 4018 7587 4043 7554

      4054 7576



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