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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

956 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007



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...

  SOUTHWESTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BETHLEHEM...



* UNTIL NOON EDT



* AT 949 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  EMERALD...CLAUSSVILLE...NEW TRIPOLI...STEUBEN...BEERSVILLE...

  BERLINSVILLE...LEHIGH UNIVERSITY...DANIELSVILLE...SCHNECKSVILLE...

  NORTHAMPTON...NAZARETH AND BATH



HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING AS MUCH AS TWO OR MORE INCHES AN 

HOUR AND THE AREA IS NOT MOVING AT ALL.



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.



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 4067 7584 4046 7555 4055 7538 4061 7524

      4066 7527 4074 7530 4083 7542 4076 7565



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