[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 06/26/2002 15:58:13

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WGUS51 KPHI 262003
FFWPHI
PAC025-089-262200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
358 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 600 PM EDT.

* AT 353 PM EDT...AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAD 
  EXCEEDED THREE INCHES. ALSO...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO FIVE INCHES HAD FALLEN IN THIS SAME 
  AREA. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE 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.

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LAT...LON 4107 7572 4091 7567 4111 7515 4122 7522
          4120 7551

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