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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

512 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 500 PM EDT...RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD

  FALLEN OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. MORE RAIN WAS

  INDICATED BY RADAR TO BE MOVING NORTHWARD INTO NORTHAMPTON COUNTY

  FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OR INCH MAY

  OCCUR THROUGH 700 PM.



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

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



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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 4069 7549 4061 7531 4060 7528 4064 7525

      4070 7525 4085 7513 4092 7514 4081 7548

      4078 7556



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