[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 2/24/2010 8:58:57 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 250158
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
858 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

NJC001-005-007-009-011-015-033-251430-
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SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
858 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR RAIN AND MELTED SNOW IN...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY...
  SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAPE MAY...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VINELAND...MILLVILLE...
  SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 930 AM EST THURSDAY

* AT 854 PM EST THE COMBINATION OF RECENT SNOWMELT AND RAINFALL HAS 
ELEVATED RIVERS, CREEKS, AND STREAMS IN THE ADVISED AREA. WATER WAS 
RUNNING HIGH ALONG THE FOLLOWING WATERWAYS AS WELL AS THE SMALLER 
TRIBUTARIES THAT FEED THEM...THE GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER, THE MULLICA 
RIVER, AND THE MAURICE RIVER TO NAME A FEW. 

IN A FEW CASES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 
THAT WATER HAD RISEN OUT OF A COUPLE OF SMALL CHANNELS AND WAS 
ENCROACHING ROADWAYS AND PARKING LOTS, SUCH AS IN BUENA VISTA.

REPORTS OF FLOODED BASEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED DUE TO THE 
EFFECTS OF GROUNDWATER. 

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING 
OF WATER IS OCCURRING.

CONTINUE TO STAY ABREAST OF THIS SITUATION. WITH WATER LEVELS 
EXPECTED TO RISE VERY SLOWLY INTO THURSDAY, WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED 
EARLY THURSDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 7441 3930 7455 3902 7479 3899 7479
      3893 7488 3892 7497 3899 7498 3911 7490
      3916 7491 3920 7505 3917 7514 3920 7519
      3923 7518 3932 7533 3985 7473 3958 7448
      3954 7440 3950 7440 3949 7432 3945 7429

$$