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WGUS51 KPHI 272049

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NJC015-033-272345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

449 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

  NORTHERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 445 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON ROUTE 42 NEAR THE 

ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESSWAY. THERE WAS ALSO A REPORT THAT A BRIDGE MAY 

BE WASHED OUT IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY. AN 

AUTOMOBILE RESCUE WAS REPORTED AT NOTTINGHAM WAY IN TURNERSVILLE IN 

GLOUCESTER COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA 

DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 



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

  WOODSTOWN...MULLICA HILL...GLASSBORO AND ALLOWAY.



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 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 3965 7551 3952 7535 3969 7503 3986 7517



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