[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/12/2009 6:52:53 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 122252
FLSPHI

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

PAC025-089-130145-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
652 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  WESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 650 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING OVER
  SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN CARBON COUNTY. WITH
  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR, MINOR FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS AS WELL AS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 4093 7528 4081 7590 4090 7600 4092 7599
      4095 7588 4098 7586 4100 7575 4102 7575
      4104 7578 4105 7578 4120 7549

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