[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/18/2011 4:18:23 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 180817
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
417 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

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SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
417 AM EDT THU AUG 18 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 600 PM EDT THURSDAY

* AT 4 AM EDT MINOR FLOODING WAS EASING ALONG BOTH THE MAURICE RIVER
  IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND EASTERN SALEM COUNTY...AND ALONG THE
  GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER IN ATLANTIC COUNTY. 

* AT 4 AM EDT...THE LEVEL OF THE MAURICE RIVER AT NORMA WAS NEAR
  4.75 FEET AND FALLING SLOWLY. FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET. THIS
  RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN BELOW FLOOD STAGE SOMETIME AROUND 6 PM
  LATE TODAY.

* MEANWHILE...THE 4 AM STAGE OF THE GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER AT FOLSOM
  WAS 6.2 FEET AND FALLING STEADILY. FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. THIS
  RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 8 AM TODAY.
  ONCE IT DOES...THE ATLANTIC COUNTY PORTION OF THE WARNING WILL BE
  CANCELLED.

* THESE STAGE FORECASTS PRESUME NO RESUMPTION OF HEAVY SHOWERS THAT  
  WERE OCCURRING THIS MORNING FROM EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INTO 
  NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. 

* RESIDENTS AND OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND ANY NEW 
  STATEMENTS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS LATE TODAY OR ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY.   


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

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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