[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 3/14/2010 1:09:45 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 140609
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
109 AM EST SUN MAR 14 2010

NJC001-011-033-150600-
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SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
109 AM EST SUN MAR 14 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY

* AT 100 AM EST...THE MAURICE RIVER AT NORMA...NEAR THE BORDER OF    
  SALEM AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...WAS 4.07 FEET AND RISING. FLOOD    
  STAGE AT NORMA IS 4.0 FEET. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY 
  ON THE MAURICE RIVER AS RUNOFF FROM RECENT RAINS CONTINUES TO      
  DRAIN.

* AT 100 AM EST...THE GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER AT FOLSOM IN            
  ATLANTIC COUNTY WAS 5.34 FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE AT FOLSOM IS 
  6.0 FEET. THE GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE     
  FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS MORNING AS RUNOFF FROM RECENT RAINS         
  CONTINUES TO DRAIN.
   
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...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3948 7445 3930 7482 3931 7486 3926 7489
      3919 7503 3942 7546 3957 7508 3951 7498
      3969 7477

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