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WGUS51 KPHI 280636

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MDC015-PAC011-029-045-091-101-280930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

228 AM EDT WED JUL 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS CONTINUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  NORTHEASTERN CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND

  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 530 AM EDT



* AT 223 AM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG MANY SMALL STREAMS IN THE 

  AREA FROM RAIN THAT FELL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE      

  THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA FOR THE TIME BEING,       

  FLOODING CONTINUES ON MANY SMALLER STREAMS FROM THIS EARLIER RAIN. 



SOME CREEKS WHICH WERE OVER FLOOD STAGE AS OF 215 AM INCLUDE: 

MANATAWNY CREEK AT SPANGVILLE IN SOUTHEASTERN BERKS COUNTY, AS WELL 

AS POTTSTOWN IN NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA. 

ALSO, THE PENNYPACK CREEK IN PHILADELPHIA, THE CRUM CREEK IN 

DELAWARE COUNTY, AND THE WEST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK AT HONEY BROOK 

IN CHESTER COUNTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED, ACT QUICKLY. 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN 

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4012 7509 3981 7542 3985 7554 3985 7564

      3983 7569 3972 7580 3959 7579 3966 7608

      4040 7571



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