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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

916 PM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS INCLUDES THE

  CITY OF BETHLEHEM



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED AWAY FROM NORTHAMPTON COUNTY WHERE

  TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY. THE

  POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING HAS ABATED...BUT SOME OF THE STREAMS ARE

  STILL RISING AND HAVE TO CREST. THIS INCLUDES THE MONOCACY 

  CREEK IN BETHLEHEM WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND FLOOD STAGE

  LATER THIS EVENING.

 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WIND GAP...

  NAZARETH...EAST BANGOR...BELFAST AND BATH.



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.



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

ROADWAY. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. 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.



LAT...LON 4060 7537 4062 7523 4090 7516 4078 7554



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