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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

223 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 220 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A SECOND THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS GOING OVER

  THE SAME AREA OF NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON TOP

  OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN.

 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  CANADENSIS...SKYTOP AND MOUNTAINHOME



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.



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.



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 4122 7513 4118 7515 4116 7515 4115 7509

      4111 7505 4108 7505 4110 7527 4125 7528

      4125 7513

TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 180DEG 0KT 4116 7526



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