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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

658 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  NORTHWESTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 656 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 

  TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH   

  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  PHILADELPHIA AND WILLOW GROVE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 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 4009 7526 3997 7527 4000 7511 4014 7502

      4024 7518



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