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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

220 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

  NORTHWESTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT



* AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS 

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIRDSBORO



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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 3993 7600 3999 7599 4003 7595 4011 7595

      4014 7590 4020 7598 4027 7597 4031 7569

      3988 7573 3987 7600 3992 7601



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