[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/28/2011 7:07:28 AM

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WGUS51 KPHI 281106
FFWPHI
PAC025-089-281500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0001.110428T1106Z-110428T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
706 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 700 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF BOTH CARBON   
  AND MONROE COUNTIES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH MORE HEAVY    
  RAIN ON THE WAY FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS, FLASH FLOODING ON   
  SMALL FEEDER STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TOBYHANNA...SKYTOP...SCOTRUN...POCONO RACEWAY...PARADISE VALLEY...
  LONG POND...LAKE HARMONY...HERNYVILLE...GOULDSBORO STATE PARK...
  ECHO LAKE...CANADENSIS...BLAKESLEE...ANALOMINK...ALPINE MOUNTAIN...
  MOUNTAINHOME...WHITE HAVEN AND POCONO PINES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

&&

LAT...LON 4116 7516 4115 7509 4109 7503 4110 7498
      4107 7498 4100 7511 4096 7514 4086 7531
      4078 7570 4074 7576 4081 7590 4090 7600
      4100 7575 4105 7578 4110 7577 4114 7570
      4113 7564 4121 7557 4125 7550 4126 7514

$$

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