[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/7/2011 1:55:04 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 070554
FLSPHI

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

NJC019-027-037-041-070900-
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SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
154 AM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT

* AT 154 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 
BATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. AN 
ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT 
HOURS. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 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 ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

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 4119 7437 4109 7449 4104 7449 4105 7444
      4102 7442 4101 7432 4098 7429 4085 7444
      4073 7462 4071 7472 4065 7474 4054 7493
      4102 7506 4107 7497 4110 7498 4115 7491
      4129 7483 4135 7470

$$

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