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WGUS51 KPHI 270859

FFWPHI

NJC019-035-271200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

453 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

  SOUTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT



* AT 453 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE ORGANIZED HEAVY

  RAIN WAS OVER, BUT FLOODING WAS STILL ONGOING. DOPPLER RADAR

  STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FELL IN A BAND FROM STOCKTON

  TO EAST AMWELL IN HUNTERDON COUNTY AND BRANCHBURG TO WARREN IN

  SOMERSET COUNTY. ONGOING FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE STONY

  BROOK IN SOMERSET COUNTY. EVACUATIONS HAVE OCCURRED IN 

  BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP IN SOMERSET COUNTY.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STOCKTON...

  SOMERVILLE...MANVILLE...BRIDGEWATER...FLEMINGTON AND BOUND BROOK



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4062 7442 4056 7453 4053 7451 4053 7452

      4037 7492 4039 7496 4046 7504 4064 7453

      4064 7452 4066 7448 4065 7444 4066 7440



$$



TFG 

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000 

WGUS51 KPHI 270859

FFWPHI

NJC019-035-271200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

453 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

  SOUTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT



* AT 453 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE ORGANIZED HEAVY

  RAIN WAS OVER, BUT FLOODING WAS STILL ONGOING. DOPPLER RADAR

  STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FELL IN A BAND FROM STOCKTON

  TO EAST AMWELL IN HUNTERDON COUNTY AND BRANCHBURG TO WARREN IN

  SOMERSET COUNTY. ONGOING FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE STONY

  BROOK IN SOMERSET COUNTY. EVACUATIONS HAVE OCCURRED IN 

  BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP IN SOMERSET COUNTY.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STOCKTON...

  SOMERVILLE...MANVILLE...BRIDGEWATER...FLEMINGTON AND BOUND BROOK



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4062 7442 4056 7453 4053 7451 4053 7452

      4037 7492 4039 7496 4046 7504 4064 7453

      4064 7452 4066 7448 4065 7444 4066 7440



$$



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