[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/7/2011 1:19:24 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 070519
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
119 AM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011

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WARREN NJ-BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
119 AM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  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 430 AM EDT

* AT 118 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
BATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE LEHIGH VALLEY. AN 
ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SOME PLACES. THE ADDITIONAL 
RAIN COULD RESULT IN STREET FLOODING...AS WELL AS SHARP RISES ON 
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.

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.

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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