[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/12/2009 5:13:58 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 122113
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
513 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

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CUMBERLAND NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
513 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 511 PM EDT HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEASTERN
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CAPE MAY
  COUNTY. RAIN AMOUNTS HAVE REACHED NEAR 1.5 INCHES JUST NORTHWEST
  OF PORT NORRIS DURING THE PAST HOUR. 

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 ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3915 7488 3916 7491 3918 7497 3918 7503
      3920 7505 3920 7510 3917 7513 3918 7515
      3931 7515 3934 7503 3928 7498 3931 7485

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