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WGUS51 KPHI 272044

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NJC005-272345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

444 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 440 PM EDT...HEAVY RAINS WERE CONTINUING OVER WESTERN AND 

CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY...AND MORE RAIN WAS OCCURRING JUST 

UPSTREAM OVER GLOUCESTER AND CAMDEN COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND 

WILL CONTINUE OVER BURLINGTON COUNTY FOR AT LEAST THROUGH 530 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



FLOODING 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 3994 7493 3976 7470 3980 7446 4007 7473



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