[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 7/13/2010 11:28:59 AM

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WGUS51 KPHI 131528
FFWPHI
PAC101-131730-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100713T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1128 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 130 PM EDT

* AT 1113 AM EDT...BOTH PENNYPACK AND FRANKFORD CREEKS REMAINED 
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. FOR THIS REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 
BEEN EXTENDED.

THE RESPONSE OF THESE CREEKS, DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN, HAS BEEN 
REMARKABLE. THE WATER LEVEL AT THE PENNYPACK GAGE WAS 3 FEET AT 915 
AM THIS MORNING, ROSE TO 7 FEET AROUND 1015 AM, AND CRESTED AROUND 
8.5 FEET AROUND 1045 AM. THE WATER LEVEL AT THE FRANKFORD GAGE WAS 
1.7 FEET AROUND 815 AM THIS MORNING, ROSE TO AROUND 7 FEET AROUND 
900 AM , AND CRESTED AT AROUND 11.25 FEET AROUND 1000 AM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTHEAST
  PHILADELPHIA

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.

WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN 
AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4004 7499 4003 7499 4001 7504 3997 7509
      3997 7511 4007 7516 4005 7512 4013 7504
      4013 7499 4011 7497 4008 7497

$$

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