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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

855 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 850 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS

  IN MONMOUTH COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAN EASILY EXCEED THREE

  INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION

  AS THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT MOVING. 

 

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

  SANDY HOOK...MIDDLETOWN...RED BANK...LINCROFT...KEANSBURG AND

  HIGHLANDS



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 4030 7397 4026 7397 4023 7398 4026 7431

      4044 7421 4045 7411 4044 7409 4041 7400

      4045 7401 4046 7398 4045 7397 4034 7395

TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 180DEG 0KT 4033 7426



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