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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

1250 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006



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OCEAN NJ-

1250 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR OCEAN

COUNTY...



AT 1243 PM EDT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS EIGHT INCHES WERE REPORTED

ON LONG BEACH ISLAND. TRAVEL IS CURRENTLY NOT POSSIBLE ONTO OR OFF OF

LONG BEACH ISLAND. AMOUNTS EXCEEDING SIX INCHES HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED 

FROM BERKELEY...LACEY AND STAFFORD TOWNSHIPS.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAYVILLE...

SEASIDE HEIGHTS...PLEASANT PLAINS...MANTOLOKING...LEISURE VILLAGE...

LAKEWOOD...HOLIDAY CITY...BRICK TOWNSHIP AND BEACHWOOD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG

THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND ON LONG BEACH ISLAND.



IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO POSTPONE ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL 

ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF OCEAN COUNTY INCLUDING TAKING

NEW JERSEY STATE ROUTE 72 AND THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY. 



HIGH TIDES ALONG THE OCEAN SIDE WILL ARRIVE AROUND 3 PM THIS 

AFTERNOON AND WILL TAKE UNTIL 7 PM TO REACH THROUGH BARNEGAT BAY. 

   

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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 3978 7440 3956 7419 4006 7398 4011 7427

      3995 7432



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