[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 4/28/2011 9:00:15 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 281259
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
859 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

PAC011-077-281900-
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BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-
859 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT THURSDAY

* AT 855 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN  
  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM WEST-SOUTHWEST.       
  RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE BEING REPORTED IN A 
  FEW SPOTS. AS THESE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN MOVE OVER BERKS AND LEHIGH 
  COUNTY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS           
  EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND IN AREAS OF POOR      
  DRAINAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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 4059 7607 4059 7603 4064 7601 4079 7563
      4074 7561 4072 7557 4074 7554 4065 7549
      4066 7543 4061 7539 4058 7541 4056 7537
      4042 7549 4043 7554 4024 7570 4015 7590
      4048 7639

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JJM