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WGUS51 KPHI 170006

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DEC005-170130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

800 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 759 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE SANDY SOILS OF  

  THE WARNED AREA. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEAFORD,   

  LAUREL, AND PORTIONS OF STATE ROUTE 24. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. TURN AROUND, DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3848 7569 3847 7538 3871 7540 3870 7570



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