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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

1153 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 345 AM EDT



* AT 1141 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE MANALAPAN BROOK IN THE VICINITY OF 

SPOTSWOOD, JAMESBURG AND HELMETTA. EVACUATIONS OF HOMES IN THE AREA 

WERE OCCURRING...AND SEVERAL ROADS NEAR THE AREA WERE FLOODED. 



AS OF 1130 PM EDT...THE RIVER STAGE AT SPOTSWOOD WAS 20.3 FEET AND 

IT WAS STILL RISING. FLOODING BEGINS AT 19.0 FEET. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH 

THUNDERSTORMS ADVANCING FROM SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY TOWARD 

SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY WHERE THE MANALPAN BROOK RUNS. IF 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MISS THE AREA...THE STAGE AT SPOTSWOOD LIKELY 

WOULD CREST BETWEEN 20.5 FEET AND 21.0 FEET AT AROUND 200 AM EDT 

MONDAY. IF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE AREA...FLOODING WOULD BE 

EXACERBATED WITH A POSSIBLE CREST ABOVE 21.0 FEET LATER DURING THE 

PREDAWN HOURS. 



PLEASE LISTEN TO LOCAL AND COUNTY OFFICIALS AND ACT QUICKLY IF THEY 

TELL YOU TO EVACUATE. THIS IS A SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. AGAIN, 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 4026 7445 4043 7425 4047 7434 4032 7459



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