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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

919 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR...

  SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 905 PM EDT...STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF VEHICLES REPORTED IN

  THE WARNED AREA. 



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

  BEACH...SEAFORD...REHOBOTH BEACH...MILTON...LEWES...GEORGETOWN...

  ELLENDALE AND BRIDGEVILLE



THREE HOURLY RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE THREE TO FOUR INCHES SOUTH OF

HIGHWAY 24 AND EAST OF 113 OR ALONG INDIAN RIVER BAY. ONE TO TWO INCHES

AMOUNTS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PART OF DELAWARE WEST

OF HIGHWAY 13 TO THE MARYLAND BORDER, AND ALONG HIGHWAY 9 SOUTH OF MILTON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER THE 

EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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.



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 3849 7566 3846 7505 3879 7508 3893 7535

      3884 7555 3881 7569



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