[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 06/19/2002 14:04:43

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WGUS51 KPHI 191816
FFWPHI
PAC025-089-192015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
214 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.

* AT 204 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED...A THUNDERSTORM OVER 
EXTREME NORTHEAST CARBON AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTIES. THIS 
THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A THUNDERTORM
OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST MONROE COUNTY THAT WAS ALSO NEARLY STATIONARY.

RADAR SHOWED BOTH THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL IN EXCESS
OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY
FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES.

FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.

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LAT...LON 4136 7526 4111 7506 4097 7566 4122 7579

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