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WGUS51 KPHI 232105

FFWPHI

NJC021-240000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

501 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF            

  MERCER COUNTY SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 

  RADAR INDICATES MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY. WATERSHEDS MOST           

  SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING ARE THE STONY BROOK AND JACOBS CREEK.





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 4033 7486 4018 7471 4024 7453 4038 7477



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