[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/12/2009 10:34:01 PM

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WGUS51 KPHI 130233
FFWPHI
PAC025-077-095-130630-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0041.090813T0233Z-090813T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1033 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 1030 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM CONTINUING HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
  RAIN RATES WERE BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES AN HOUR.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JORDAN
  VALLEY...EMERALD...WALNUTPORT...SLATINGTON AND PALMERTON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 
TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 4080 7559 4068 7552 4066 7575 4072 7582
      4073 7581 4074 7578 4076 7580 4077 7580
      4084 7567

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