[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/15/2006 10:00:22 AM

[n2qae at arrl.net]

WGUS51 KPHI 151359
FFWPHI
NJC029-151800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
954 AM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

* NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 951 AM EDT...A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING IN
  THE BAYVILLE AREA OF BERKELEY TOWNSHIP. AN AIRPORT OBSERVER
  FROM PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS 
  ALSO OCCURRING IN TOMS RIVER. NUMEROUS UNDERPASSES
  NEAR THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY WERE FLOODED WITH UP TO FIVE 
  FEET OF WATER. DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES HAVE REACHED
  BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES IN THAT AREA. 

  MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN
  OCEAN COUNTY AND THESE STORMS TOO COULD DROP AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3
  INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEASIDE
  HEIGHTS...PLEASANT PLAINS...MANTOLOKING...LEISURE VILLAGE...
  LAKEWOOD...LAKEHURST...HOLIDAY CITY...CEDAR GLEN LAKES...BRICK
  TOWNSHIP AND BEACHWOOD

* PLEASE AVOID TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THE BAYVILLE AREA OF 
  BERKELEY TOWNSHIP. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

LAT...LON 3978 7440 3956 7419 4006 7398 4014 7444
      3999 7446

$$
 
TFG