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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

948 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS CONTINUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY

  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT



* AT 947 AM EDT...WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT   

  THE POCONO MOUNTAIN AREA AND THE LEHIGH VALLEY, AS WELL AS IN      

  NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW RAIN      

  THROUGHOUT THE REGION THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...THE EXTREMELY    

  WET SOILS COMBINED WITH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH ARE BRINGING DOWN TREES 

  ACROSS THE AREA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REQUEST RESIDENTS  

  TO STAY OFF THE ROADS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. 



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

  PINES...MOUNTAINHOME...MOUNT POCONO...EAST STROUDSBURG...

  BRODHEADSVILLE...NEWTON...CRANDON LAKES...BRANCHVILLE...BLAIRSTOWN

  AND ANDOVER.



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.



LAT...LON 4098 7474 4048 7554 4072 7577 4074 7576

      4090 7595 4104 7555 4113 7564 4123 7555

      4125 7514 4116 7517 4115 7510 4108 7502

      4112 7493 4127 7483 4130 7471 4130 7471



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