[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/17/2011 8:27:15 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 180026
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
826 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2011

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SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
826 PM EDT WED AUG 17 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 800 AM EDT THURSDAY

* AT 815 PM EDT...MODERATE FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE
  MAURICE RIVER IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND EASTERN SALEM COUNTY...AND
  MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER IN
  ATLANTIC COUNTY. THE FLOODING WAS CAUSED BY THE HEAVY RAIN THAT
  FELL ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

* AT 815 PM EDT...THE LEVEL OF THE MAURICE RIVER AT NORMA WAS 5.1
  FEET AND FALLING SLOWLY. FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET. THE FLOODING
  SHOULD FALL BACK INTO THE MINOR CATEGORY LATE THIS EVENING. THE
  RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN BELOW FLOOD STAGE ON THURSDAY EVENING.

* AT 815 PM EDT...THE LEVEL OF THE GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER AT FOLSOM
  WAS 6.5 FEET AND FALLING SLOWLY. FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. THE
  RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND DAYBREAK
  THURSDAY.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE 
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. YOU WILL BE PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER 
AND YOU MAY DAMAGE YOUR VEHICLE...LEADING TO COSTLY REPAIRS.

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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