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NJC037-041-PAC089-095-281945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

1248 PM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY

  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT



* AT 1242 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH           

  FLOODING FROM CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

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

  EAST BANGOR...BRODHEADSVILLE...BELFAST...SUSSEX...OXFORD...

  NEWTON...FRANKLIN...CRANDON LAKES...BRANCHVILLE...BLAIRSTOWN...

  BELVIDERE 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. TURN AROUND, DONT DROWN. MUD AND ROCK SLIDES ARE POSSIBLE 

IN HILLY TERRAIN.



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 4074 7550 4071 7505 4122 7442 4117 7553



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