[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/6/2011 10:34:06 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 070233
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1033 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

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WARREN NJ-BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
1033 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  WESTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT

* AT 1027 PM EDT RADAR WAS SHOWING A SECOND BAND OF VERY HEAVY
  SHOWERS DEVELOPING NORTHEASTWARD FROM HARRISBURG PENNSYLVANIA TO   
  THE WEST OF READING AND HEADING TOWARD THE POCONOS WHERE UP TO     
  ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN EARLIER TODAY. 

* RAINFALL FROM THIS BATCH OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROBABLY AVERAGE AT LEAST AN INCH IN THE
  ADVISORY AREA WITH ISOLATED 3 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 

* IF 3 INCH AMOUNTS BECOME MORE CERTAIN LATE THIS EVENING...THIS
  ADVISORY WOULD BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING.  

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.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4118 7515 4116 7515 4113 7506 4108 7504
      4077 7533 4056 7552 4049 7567 4031 7615
      4049 7644 4060 7605 4059 7603 4065 7600
      4074 7578 4091 7600 4100 7575 4109 7578
      4114 7570 4113 7564 4123 7554 4125 7545

$$

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