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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

802 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

  NORTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 800 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS OVER THE WARNED AREAS THAT ARE LIKELY TO

  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  MILLINGTON...BASKING RIDGE AND MADISON



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. MOTORISTS ON 

ROUTE 22 AND INTERSTATE 78 SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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.



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 4072 7438 4067 7446 4065 7445 4066 7442

      4066 7440 4061 7442 4060 7444 4066 7459

      4078 7460 4076 7436

TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 180DEG 0KT 4064 7440



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