[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/9/2009 7:47:50 AM

[svrwx at wx3i.net]

WGUS41 KPHI 091247
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
747 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009

PAC017-029-091-091645-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0029.091209T1247Z-091209T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHESTER PA-MONTGOMERY PA-BUCKS PA-
747 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EST

* AT 743 AM EST...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WAS OBSERVED BY NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 
ADDITIONAL RAIN...UP TO ANOTHER INCH...IS EXPECTED.

THE GAGE ALONG FRENCH CREEK IN PHOENIXVILLE...CHESTER COUNTY...HAS 
RISEN ABOVE CAUTION STAGE. THE EAST BRANCH OF THE PERKIOMEN AT 
DUBLIN...BUCKS COUNTY...HAS ALSO RISEN ABOVE CAUTION STAGE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 3987 7601 3996 7600 4003 7595 4011 7595
      4024 7570 4044 7554 4042 7549 4050 7541
      4062 7520 4056 7519 4055 7509 4053 7507
      4042 7506 4040 7502 4040 7497 4039 7497
      3981 7604

$$

KRUZDLO