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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

233 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

  WEST CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

  SOUTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEHIGHTON...

  SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR EMERALD...OR NEAR

  LEHIGHTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



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

  CLAUSSVILLE...BELTZVILLE STATE PARK...PALMERTON...SCHNECKSVILLE...

  NEFFS...MECKESVILLE...PENN FOREST RESERVOIR...BERLINSVILLE...

  JONAS...DANIELSVILLE...NORTHAMPTON...BEERSVILLE...GILBERT...

  BRODHEADSVILLE...ROSSLAND...SAYLORSBURG AND WIND GAP



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



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LAT...LON 4086 7523 4053 7565 4069 7588 4074 7578

      4079 7585 4103 7557



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