[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/21/2011 2:36:52 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 211833
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
233 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

NJC005-007-021-PAC017-045-091-101-212030-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMDEN NJ-MERCER NJ-DELAWARE PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-MONTGOMERY PA-
BUCKS PA-BURLINGTON NJ-
233 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 230 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR MOVING INTO HIGHLY
  URBAN AREAS. MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER PONDING OF WATER AND
  LOCALIZED FLOODING ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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.

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 4018 7462 3991 7456 3989 7551 4005 7541
      4007 7537 4008 7539 4024 7529 4037 7468
      4025 7452

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