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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

728 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY

  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY

  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY

  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 130 PM EDT



* AT 725 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR...AND LOCAL OBSERVERS

  INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGHOUT A GOOD 

  PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. THERE WERE ALSO LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 

  5 INCHES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VERNON

  VALLEY...SUSSEX...SUCCASUNNA...STANHOPE...PARSIPPANY...NEWTON...

  LAKE TELEMARK...LAKE MOHAWK...KINNELON...HOPATCONG...HIGHLAND

  LAKE...HACKETTSTOWN...FRANKLIN...EAST HANOVER...DOVER...CRANDON

  LAKES...BUDD LAKE...BRANCHVILLE...BOONTON...BLAIRSTOWN...BELVIDERE

  AND ANDOVER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN VERY HEAVY RAIN

LATER THIS MORNING, BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 

REDEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.  MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES, DIPS OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING 

STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 

TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4074 7518 4059 7515 4041 7494 4051 7477

      4071 7471 4079 7435 4097 7433 4106 7451

      4119 7440 4135 7470 4110 7496 4098 7509

      4085 7506



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