[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/21/2011 3:14:31 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 211911
FLSPHI

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

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KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
311 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 309 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED INTENSE
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. RAIN RATES
  BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIEST
  THUNDERSTORM CELLS. 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.

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

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LAT...LON 3905 7625 3906 7623 3910 7625 3912 7625
      3916 7580 3894 7597 3902 7624 3905 7625
      3905 7629

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