[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/19/2011 1:14:53 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 190514
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
114 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

DEC003-MDC015-029-NJC001-005-007-011-015-021-033-PAC017-029-045-091-
101-190815-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CECIL MD-KENT MD-SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
MERCER NJ-DELAWARE PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-CHESTER PA-MONTGOMERY PA-
BUCKS PA-NEW CASTLE DE-ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
114 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  WESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 415 AM EDT

* AT 110 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS AND BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN
  SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM MARYLAND
  INTO NORTHERN DELAWARE...SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND
  SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY.  RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 4 AM OVER MOST OF
  THIS AREA SHOULD AVERAGE CLOSE TO HALF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED 2
  INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.  

* THE GROUND IS ALREADY NEARLY SATURATED FROM RECORD MONTHLY RAINS
  AND IT WONT TAKE MUCH MORE RAIN TO PRODUCE FLOODING.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3987 7601 3995 7600 4013 7589 4029 7467
      3940 7470 3934 7537 3946 7555 3950 7557
      3957 7553 3958 7556 3946 7558 3937 7550
      3931 7559 3926 7609 3938 7610 3942 7602
      3953 7599 3954 7607 3958 7612 3974 7614

$$

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