[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/13/2003 4:51:47 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WGUS71 KPHI 132056
FFSPHI
NJC041-PAC095-132245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
455 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON 
COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND FOR CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN NEW 
JERSEY...

COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS WERE WASHED OUT BETWEEN 
PORTLAND AND UPPER MOUNT BETHEL IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, WHILE MASSIVE 
AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN WARREN COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY WHITE 
TOWNSHIP. 

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WEE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED 
TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS AREA. BUT AT 445 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
WERE FORMING OVER EAST STROUDSBURG IN MONROE COUNTY AND WERE MOVING 
TOWARD THE WARNED AREA.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE
WEATHER INFORMATION.

REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN 
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND FOR CENTRAL WARREN 
COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY UNTIL 645 PM.

$$

KRUZDLO


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