[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/21/2011 4:36:34 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 212035
FLSPHI

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

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CAMDEN NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-DELAWARE PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-
CHESTER PA-MONTGOMERY PA-BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-BUCKS PA-
MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
435 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...
  SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 430 PM EDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO
  DEPOSIT HEAVY RAINS AROUND THE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
  HAS ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. FLASH
  FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA. THE HEAVIEST
  RAIN TAPERED OFF THERE AND SOME OF THE CREEKS...SUCH AS PENNYPACK
  CREEK...FRANKFORD CREEK...AND WISSAHICKON CREEK WERE BEGINNING
  TO RECEDE ALTHOUGH THEY WERE STILL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONAL
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AND RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE AROUND THE AREA
  THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME
  CAUTION. NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.

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.

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LAT...LON 4009 7405 3989 7463 3987 7550 4002 7588
      4010 7595 4014 7590 4030 7613 4047 7629
      4070 7529 4043 7507 4037 7495 4034 7494
      4034 7490 4029 7480 4028 7470 4033 7456
      4042 7450 4044 7407 4041 7402

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