FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WARREN AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES

Flash Flood Warning

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
546 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

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WARREN NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-BUCKS PA-MONROE PA-
546 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE...NORTH CENTRAL BUCKS...EASTERN NORTHAMPTON...
NORTHWESTERN HUNTERDON AND WESTERN WARREN COUNTIES...

AT 527 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED ROADWAY FLOODING
IN STROUD TOWNSHIP NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US ROUTE 209 AND
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 33.

ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN THIS EVENING WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD
TO MORE FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PLEASANT
VALLEY...STORMVILLE...SAYLORSBURG...ROXBURG...HOPE...COLUMBIA...WIND
GAP...PEN ARGYL...EAST BANGOR...DELAWARE WATER GAP...BELFAST...
BANGOR...WASHINGTON...OXFORD...BRASS CASTLE...BLAIRSTOWN AND
BELVIDERE

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

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LAT...LON 4098 7536 4100 7495 4051 7490 4051 7533

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ROBERTSON