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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

347 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008



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SALEM NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-

347 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR WEST

CENTRAL GLOUCESTER AND NORTHWESTERN SALEM COUNTIES...



AT 340 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED SOME HOMES 

FLOODED IN CARNEYS POINT IN SALEM COUNTY AND A PORTION OF ROUTE 130 

IS UNDER WATER ALL THE WAY TO THE DELAWARE MEMORIAL BRIDGE. AS OF 

340 PM...THE SIGNIFICANT RAIN HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE MOST AFFECTED 

AREAS...HOWEVER FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE WARNED AREA. IF FLOODING 

CONTINUES AND ESPECIALLY IF ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVE INTO THIS 

REGION...THE FLASH FLOODING WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS 

AS THE WATER CAN BE MUCH DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS, AND YOUR 

VEHICLE CAN STALL OUT. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS AND FOLLOW 

INSTRUCTIONS BY COUNTY OFFICIALS



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 3971 7547 3976 7545 3978 7541 3984 7534

      3983 7523 3969 7518 3959 7543 3959 7548

      3960 7550 3960 7557



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