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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

1203 PM EDT SUN AUG 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE

  NORTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1157 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES HAVE REACHED 

  BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES ALONG THE COUNTY BORDER FROM HOUSTON AND

  MILFORD EASTWARD. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 

  HOUR AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 1 PM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3892 7561 3878 7552 3886 7526 3905 7531



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