[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/21/2011 6:55:15 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 212254
FLSPHI

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

NJC019-023-027-035-037-041-220045-
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SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
654 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 650 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO
  INDICATE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO AND OVER THE AREA.
  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 OR 2 INCHES AN HOUR...WITH RAIN AMOUNTS
  OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ARE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MOTORISTS
  ARE LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOCALIZED
  ROAD AND HIGHWAY FLOODING.

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 4048 7427 4044 7423 4038 7496 4046 7507
      4053 7507 4056 7516 4065 7521 4074 7519
      4077 7511 4100 7495 4115 7462 4120 7438
      4104 7449 4099 7430 4089 7426 4089 7433
      4067 7445 4066 7440 4059 7444 4059 7420

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