[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/9/2009 9:33:39 AM

[svrwx at wx3i.net]

WGUS41 KPHI 091333
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
933 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

PAC101-091630-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0016.090809T1333Z-090809T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PHILADELPHIA PA-
933 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT

* AT 931 AM EDT VERY HEAVY RAINS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR 
HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE AREA.

THE FRANKFORD AND WISSAHICKON CREEKS WILL SEE FLOODING THIS 
MORNING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3998 7511 3995 7514 3992 7514 3989 7516
      3988 7525 3990 7527 3994 7525 3998 7528

$$

RNS


WWWW