[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/28/2006 7:52:24 AM

[n2qae at arrl.net]

WGUS51 KPHI 281151
FFWPHI
NJC007-281345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
744 AM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ IS CONTINUING THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 945 AM EDT

* AT 745 AM EDT...THE COOPER RIVER IN HADDONFIELD WAS 2.94 FT WHICH
  WAS OVER THE FLOOD STAGE OF 2.8 FT. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE
  ALONG THE RIVER WHICH EXTENDS FROM NEAR GIBBSBORO AND EMPTIES INTO
  THE DELAWARE RIVER. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND THE RIVER WILL
  BEGIN TO SLOWLY FALL. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE BACK WITHIN ITS BANKS
  LATER THIS MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SPRINGDALE...MAGNOLIA AND CHERRY HILL

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING
OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3975 7504 3971 7487 3987 7494 3997 7507
      3991 7512

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