[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/12/2009 10:42:50 PM

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WGUS51 KPHI 130242
FFWPHI
PAC011-130645-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0042.090813T0242Z-090813T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1042 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 245 AM EDT

* AT 1035 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM CONTINUING HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
  RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
  OVER THIS AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR.

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN MOSTLY OVER RURAL
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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.

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LAT...LON 4050 7643 4052 7633 4052 7623 4055 7619
      4043 7618 4040 7627 4044 7635

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