[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 12/11/2008 7:46:48 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 120046
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
746 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008

DEC003-MDC015-029-035-NJC005-007-015-033-120630-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0036.081212T0046Z-081212T0630Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
746 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELKTON...
  KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...MIDDLETOWN...
  NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALEM...

* UNTIL 130 AM EST

* AT 736 PM EST...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM   
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED THAT UP TO ONE   
  AND THREE-QUARTERS INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF   
  THE ADVISED AREA. RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT MORE HEAVY RAINFALL    
  WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF THE REGION BETWEEN 830 AND 930 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN 
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR 
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY 
ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL ALSO 
OCCUR. 

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 FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

LAT...LON 3932 7619 3938 7600 3938 7603 3954 7600
      3954 7602 4013 7465 3990 7451 3940 7546
      3946 7555 3958 7556 3938 7550 3903 7617
      3910 7615 3910 7618 3909 7619 3901 7619
      3904 7628 3898 7624 3891 7637

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