[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/12/2009 11:23:38 PM

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WGUS51 KPHI 130323
FFWPHI
PAC011-077-095-130715-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0043.090813T0323Z-090813T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1123 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN...
  WESTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 315 AM EDT

* AT 1118 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM CONTINUING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
  ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN DURING THE
  PAST HOUR.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BEERSVILLE...WIND GAP...NORTHAMPTON...NAZARETH AND BATH

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4068 7551 4079 7558 4084 7535 4088 7522
      4064 7535 4038 7565 4064 7590

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