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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

651 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF READING



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH FROM THE CHESAPEAKE BAY

  AREA AND LANCASTER COUNTY INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  STRAUSSTOWN...LENHARTSVILLE...LEESPORT...HAMBURG AND BERNVILLE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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 4033 7624 4017 7589 4065 7588 4051 7624

      4048 7637



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