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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

429 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 421 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY.

  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN PART 

  OF THE COUNTY THAT WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT 

  HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  STRAUSSTOWN...LENHARTSVILLE...LEESPORT...KUTZTOWN...HAMBURG...

  FLEETWOOD AND BERNVILLE. CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDING LAUREL RUN...

  WILLOW CREEK AND MOSELEM CREEK.

    

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 4054 7618 4056 7615 4058 7609 4059 7607

      4059 7603 4064 7601 4068 7590 4046 7556

      4031 7574 4027 7610 4053 7624



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