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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

1203 AM EDT WED JUN 28 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 1154 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING WAS ONGOING AROUND THE COUNTY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALL LOCATIONS ABOUT THE COUNTY



ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING...

AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE.  



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FROM CARBON COUNTY REPORTED NUMEROUS 

EVACUATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY.



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



LAT...LON 4076 7580 4084 7552 4110 7567 4091 7596



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