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WGUS51 KPHI 312130

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NJC041-312330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

530 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY.

  RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT RAIN WAS FALLING AT THE RATE OF 2 TO 3

  INCHES IN AN HOUR...AND THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 4065 7518 4065 7509 4072 7498 4077 7502

      4078 7511 4075 7518



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