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WGUS71 KPHI 141922

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

319 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



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MONROE PA-

319 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...



AT 319 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES HAVE JUST EXCEEDED FOUR 

INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA IN NORTHERN PRICE AND EASTERN BARRETT

TOWNSHIPS IN AND AROUND SNOW HILL ROAD. THE BUSH KILL AND THE 

BRODHEAD CREEK ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS HEAVY RAIN.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CANADENSIS...

SKYTOP AND MOUNTAINHOME



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



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. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 4122 7513 4118 7515 4116 7515 4115 7509

      4111 7505 4108 7505 4110 7527 4125 7528

      4125 7513

TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 180DEG 0KT 4116 7526



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