[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flash Flood Warning 18:40:24.1319

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
640 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2018

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 1045 PM EDT.

* At 639 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of rain has
  already fallen in the last half hour. Flash flooding is expected
  to begin shortly in the areas of heaviest rain.

* Some locations that could experience flooding include...
  Reading, Wyomissing, Birdsboro, Kutztown, Hamburg, Fleetwood,
  Sinking Spring, Laureldale, Womelsdorf, Wernersville, Newmanstown,
  Topton, Leesport, Shoemakersville, Bernville, Lyons, Strausstown,
  Lenhartsville, New Morgan and Spring Ridge.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 are possible in the warned
area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.

&&

LAT...LON 4052 7634 4052 7625 4058 7605 4057 7602
      4064 7598 4068 7589 4049 7560 4015 7589
      4031 7614 4036 7621 4037 7623 4049 7643

$$

JRK


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