[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/15/2006 11:10:15 AM

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WGUS71 KPHI 151509
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1103 AM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006

NJC029-151800-
OCEAN NJ-
1103 AM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR OCEAN
COUNTY...

AT 1100 AM EDT...THE OCEAN COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS 
RECOMMENDING THAT ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL BE POSTPONED IN THE BERKELEY
AND LACEY TOWNSHIP AREAS. IN BERKELEY TOWNSHIP AVOID THE 
PINEWALD-KESWICK ROAD AREA NEAR THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY BECAUSE OF 
MAJOR FLOODING. NORMAL AREAS THAT FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS HAVE
FLOODED.
 
SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 6.3 INCHES OF RAIN IN LACEY TOWNSHIP AND 5.35
INCHES IN BAYVILLE. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAYVILLE...
TOMS RIVER...SEASIDE HEIGHTS...PLEASANT PLAINS...MANTOLOKING...
LEISURE VILLAGE...LAKEWOOD...LAKEHURST...HOLIDAY CITY...
CEDAR GLEN LAKES...BRICK TOWNSHIP AND BEACHWOOD.

DOPPLER RADAR WAS STILL SHOWING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN OCEAN COUNTY 
AND THIS HEAVY RAIN COULD PERSIST FOR ANOTHER ONE TO TWO HOURS ESPECIALLY
FROM BERKELEY TOWNSHIP SOUTHWARD. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT LONG
BEACH ISLAND AND IS ALREADY AFFECTING HEAVILY TRAVELED NEW JERSEY STATE
ROUTE 72.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 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.

LAT...LON 3978 7440 3956 7419 4006 7398 4014 7444
      3999 7446

$$

TFG