[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/11/2008 11:20:57 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 120420
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1120 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008

NJC019-035-121215-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1120 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE...
  EASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 715 AM EST FRIDAY

* AT 1116 PM EST...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM  
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED THAT UP TO TWO   
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.     
  RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT MORE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO     
  MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF THE REGION THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BECAUSE   
  OF THE SATURATED GROUND AND THE HILLY NATURE OF THE TERRAIN,      
  RUNOFF HAS BEEN EFFICIENTLY MAKING IT INTO LOCAL CREEKS AND        
  STREAMS. FLOODING IS LIKELY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THE LAMINGTON    
  RIVER IN SOMERSET COUNTY AND THE NESHANIC AND SOUTH BRANCH OF THE  
  ROCKAWAY RIVERS IN HUNTERDON COUNTY.  

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4037 7462 4039 7464 4037 7473 4042 7476
      4041 7481 4038 7481 4038 7485 4034 7486
      4060 7501 4072 7495 4078 7490 4077 7487
      4073 7482 4071 7474 4073 7460 4042 7457

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