[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 6/9/2009 2:20:28 PM

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WGUS51 KPHI 091820
FFWPHI
PAC011-029-092215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0005.090609T1820Z-090609T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
220 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN 
  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS 
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIRDSBORO

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3993 7600 3999 7599 4003 7595 4011 7595
      4014 7590 4020 7598 4027 7597 4031 7569
      3988 7573 3987 7600 3992 7601

$$

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