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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

409 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008



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SUSSEX DE-

409 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR

SUSSEX COUNTY...



AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REHOBOTH 

BEACH...MILTON...LEWES...GEORGETOWN AND ELLENDALE. DOPPLER RADAR 

STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES HAVE REACHED BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES IN THE 

AREA BETWEEN MILLSBORO AND SYCAMORE IN SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY WITH 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN THE PEPPER BRANCH AND BROAD CREEK BASINS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN 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.



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.



LAT...LON 3853 7559 3894 7537 3888 7525 3882 7519

      3880 7515 3879 7511 3881 7509 3880 7507

      3866 7505 3864 7506 3859 7504 3858 7505

      3855 7504 3846 7508

TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 180DEG 0KT 3860 7539



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