[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/15/2011 5:32:17 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 150931
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
531 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2011

NJC011-015-033-151530-
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SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
531 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AS A RESULT OF SUNDAYS     
  RAINFALL. A FEW RIVERS REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...LIKE THE RACOON  
  CREEK AND THE MAURICE RIVER. THESE RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL         
  CONTINUE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING. THE RACOON CREEK AT       
  SWEEDSBORO MAY DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON. 

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...

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.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3959 7490 3930 7526 3957 7538 3980 7541
      3987 7515 3978 7507 3978 7509 3977 7506

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