[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 5/3/2010 1:51:52 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 030551
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
151 AM EDT MON MAY 3 2010

NJC019-021-027-035-037-041-PAC011-017-025-029-077-089-091-095-031145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0016.100503T0551Z-100503T1145Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MERCER NJ-
CHESTER PA-MONTGOMERY PA-BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-CARBON PA-
BUCKS PA-MONROE PA-
151 AM EDT MON MAY 3 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF READING...
  LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN...
  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EASTON...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEHIGHTON...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT POCONO...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MORRISTOWN...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE...
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON...
  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 745 AM EDT

* AT 142 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH MUCH OF EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA TOWARD NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. MANY LOCATIONS IN EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY ALREADY HAD SEEN UP TO AN INCH 
OF RAIN THROUGH 140 AM...AND A FEW SPOTS IN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA...WHERE SOME STREET FLOODING HAD OCCURRED LATE LAST 
NIGHT...HAD SEEN IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD LEAD 
TO AREAS OF STREET FLOODING...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING...AND WHICH 
WOULD CAUSE RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. 

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.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING OVERNIGHT AND ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...PLEASE 
TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. BASEMENTS OF HOMES IN POOR 
DRAINAGE AREAS AND VEHICLES PARKED IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY TAKE 
ON WATER. 

&&

LAT...LON 4121 7439 4104 7449 4098 7429 4031 7477
      3994 7599 4011 7595 4014 7590 4050 7644
      4059 7603 4064 7600 4074 7578 4091 7600
      4101 7575 4110 7577 4113 7564 4125 7550
      4126 7514 4116 7516 4109 7501 4135 7471

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