[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/17/2011 1:05:21 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 170505
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
105 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

PAC011-171100-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERKS PA-
105 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 700 AM EDT

* AT 101 AM EDT...ALTHOUGH ALL BUT VERY LIGHT RAIN HAD ENDED...SOME
  CREEKS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING THE MANATAWNY CREEK AT
  SPANGVILLE...CONTINUED TO RISE. FLOODING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS 
  CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

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...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 4054 7618 4060 7605 4059 7603 4065 7600
      4068 7591 4044 7553 4024 7570 4014 7590
      4036 7621 4036 7624 4047 7640 4050 7644

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