[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/12/2008 1:14:10 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 121813
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
113 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2008

NJC035-130000-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
113 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE RARITAN RIVER, 
AND ALONG THE MILLSTONE RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF GRIGGSTOWN,FROM 
LAST NIGHTS RAIN. WHILE WATER LEVELS REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON THE 
NORTH BRANCH OF THE RARITAN RIVER, STAGES ARE FALLING AT THIS TIME, 
AND COULD DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING. WATER LEVELS ON 
THE MILLSTONE RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF GRIGGSTOWN ARE APPROACHING 
CREST, AND SHOULD BEGIN TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, IT 
MAKE TAKE ANOTHER DAY OR TWO FOR THE MILLSTONE RIVER TO DROP BACK 
WITHIN ITS BANKS AT GRIGGSTOWN.

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. 

LAT...LON 4055 7453 4049 7448 4037 7462 4039 7464
      4037 7472 4049 7478 4055 7474 4057 7471
      4061 7471 4071 7473 4075 7456 4064 7452
      4063 7444

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JJM