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WGUS51 KPHI 241858

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PAC029-242245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

252 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AT 249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A SLOW MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF 

  CHESTER COUNTY. 



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

  AND DOWNINGTOWN.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES OF OVER THREE INCHES AN 

HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST BRANCH OF THE BRANDYWINE CREEK.  

WHILE SMALLER FEEDER STREAMS MAY GO OVER THEIR BANKS IN SOME 

LOCATIONS, THE BRANDYWINE CREEK ITSELF IS NOT IN IMMEDIATE DANGER OF 

GOING OVER FLOOD STAGE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4000 7592 3984 7585 4002 7544 4013 7553



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