[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 6/13/2009 1:17:47 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 131717
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
117 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009

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BURLINGTON NJ-
117 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 114 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AS MUCH AS TWO TO TWO AND A 
HALF INCHES PER HOUR HAS FALLEN OVER BURLINGTON COUNTY BETWEEN 
MEDFORD LAKES AND LUMBERTON. THE HEAVY SHOWERS WERE SLOWLY MOVING 
ACROSS THE COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA IN CAMDEN COUNTY MAY ALSO MOVE INTO 
WESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 

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.

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.

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LAT...LON 4000 7500 4011 7460 3983 7444 3972 7459
      3979 7487

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