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WGUS51 KPHI 251744

FFWPHI

DEC005-252100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

143 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 135 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THEY

  HAD LOST CONTACT WITH THE WESTERN PART OF SUSSEX COUNTY...

  INCLUDING THE AREA AROUND SEAFORD. SOME ROADS HAD BEEN

  WASHED AWAY DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.



ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING AROUND THE COUNTY EARLY THIS 

AFTERNOON...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WOULD ONLY EXACERBATE THE 

CONSIDERABLE FLOODING THAT WAS OCCURRING. MOREOVER...THE DEVELOPMENT 

OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CANNOT BE RULED OUT. 



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3850 7566 3849 7506 3876 7509 3891 7530

      3882 7569



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