[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 7/14/2010 2:36:59 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 141836
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
236 PM EDT WED JUL 14 2010

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SOMERSET NJ-CAMDEN NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-BUCKS PA-MONMOUTH NJ-
OCEAN NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
236 PM EDT WED JUL 14 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 228 PM EDT BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS 
WERE DRIFTING NORTH THROUGH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.  MOST OF THE 
HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS JUST EAST OF THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE NEAR 
MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE AND APPROACHING NEW BRUNSWICK. THESE BANDS 
COULD SHIFT DIRECTLY OVER THE TURNPIKE BY 4 PM.  THE COMBINATION OF 
THIS AFTERNOONS SHORT TERM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND THE RAINS OF THE 
PAST COUPLE OF DAYS SHOULD RESULT IN POCKETS OF URBAN POOR DRAINAGE 
STREET FLOODING MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR AN HOUR OR TWO THIS 
AFTERNOON.  A COUPLE OF SMALL STREAMS MAY EXCEED BANKFULL BY 4 
PM.    

EVENTUALLY THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL 
TURN SOUTHEAST BUT THIS FLOOD PROBLEM COULD REMAIN WITH PORTIONS OF 
THIS AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 530 PM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 4005 7415 3995 7419 3985 7431 3971 7476
      4009 7485 4053 7443 4049 7432 4049 7431
      4048 7430 4041 7412

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