[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 7/29/2009 1:51:52 PM

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WGUS51 KPHI 291751
FFWPHI
PAC025-089-292145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0016.090729T1751Z-090729T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
151 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEHIGHTON...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT POCONO...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TOBYHANNA...SKYTOP...SCOTRUN...REEDERS...POCONO RACEWAY...PARADISE
  VALLEY...MECKESVILLE...LONG POND...JONAS...HERNYVILLE...
  CHRISTMANS...CANADENSIS...ANALOMINK...ALPINE MOUNTAIN...
  ALBRIGHTSVILLE...POCONO PINES...MOUNTAINHOME AND EAST STROUDSBURG

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 
AND MORE IS EXPECTED. 

ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLOODING ARE RAPIDLY 
MOVING, HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ARE BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES.

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 DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4124 7513 4116 7516 4115 7509 4106 7510
      4098 7520 4078 7569 4087 7581 4125 7535
      4125 7531 4126 7514

$$

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