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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

537 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN...

  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BETHLEHEM...

  NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

  WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 830 PM EST



* AT 520 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

HEAVY RAINS MOVING OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7:00 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...RURAL

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.



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 4042 7546 4041 7553 4027 7565 4012 7542

      4045 7508 4064 7523 4093 7516 4068 7581



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