[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/16/2011 4:56:08 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 160855
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
455 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2011

NJC001-011-033-171300-
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SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
455 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 439 AM EDT THE MAURICE RIVER WAS IN MAJOR FLOOD AND STILL
  RISING. THE 430 AM STAGE OF 6.23 FEET AT NORMA WAS MORE THAN 2
  FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND APPEARS TO BE THE SECOND HIGHEST STAGE
  IN THE HISTORY OF THIS RIVER DATING BACK TO SEPTEMBER 2 1940. THIS 
  RIVER SHOULD BE CLOSE TO CRESTING. HOWEVER...IT MAY TAKE ANOTHER
  DAY BEFORE IT FALLS BELOW FLOOD STAGE. SHOWERS ARRIVING LATER THIS
  MORNING MAY TEMPORARILY HALT THE EXPECTED RECESSION OF THIS RIVER. 

* MEANWHILE...THE GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER AT FOLSOM IN ATLANTIC
  COUNTY WAS ALSO IN MAJOR FLOOD. THE 430 AM STAGE OF 8.12 FEET WAS
  MORE THAN 2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND STILL RISING. THIS RIVER
  ALSO IS AT ITS SECOND HIGHEST STAGE OF RECORD DATING BACK TO
  SEPTEMBER 3 1940 WHEN IT REACHED 9 FEET.  ONCE THIS RIVER CRESTS...
  IT MAY TAKE UNTIL SOMETIME TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY TO FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING. STREAM RISES WILL 
BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES 
SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND 
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 3943 7441 3931 7458 3929 7477 3931 7485
      3933 7486 3929 7489 3930 7520 3958 7523
      3961 7512 3951 7498 3971 7476 3967 7469
      3962 7466 3959 7456 3947 7439

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