[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 06/26/2002 14:01:24

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WGUS51 KPHI 261806
FFWPHI
PAC025-089-262000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
203 PM EDT WED JUN 26 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 400 PM EDT.

* AT 200 PM EDT...AUTOMATIC RAIN GAGES INDICATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF
  RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN WITH MORE EXPECTED.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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. VEHICLES
CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.

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

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

$$

LAT...LON 4118 7554 4106 7573 4092 7567 4103 7543
          4110 7510 4123 7526

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