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WGUS51 KPHI 121754

FFWPHI

DEC003-122100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

151 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE

   

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 150 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS KEEP ON

  REDEVLOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY. SO FAR UP TO

  2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR IN AND AROUND

  THE BOHEMIA RIVER. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST

  AND WILL BRING TORRENTIAL RAINS TOWARD WILMINGTON DURING THE NEXT 

  HOUR.

  

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.



DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



LAT...LON 3980 7572 3974 7548 3972 7548 3971 7552

      3966 7555 3962 7561 3959 7560 3960 7556

      3955 7556 3938 7563 3942 7577 3962 7579



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