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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

910 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS CONTINUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BETHLEHEM



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 900 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED ADDITIONAL RAIN MOVING INTO

  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST, WHICH MAY PERSIST THROUGH

  1030 PM.



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

  OLD ORCHARD...NAZARETH...EAST BANGOR...BELFAST AND BATH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO LOCALLY 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING IN AT LEAST ONE 

SECTION ALONG ROUTE 611.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4058 7537 4063 7525 4077 7520 4081 7513

      4090 7510 4078 7552 4072 7551 4067 7548

      4067 7542



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