[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/21/2011 7:17:36 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 212317
FLSPHI

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

DEC001-005-MDC011-220115-
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KENT DE-CAROLINE MD-SUSSEX DE-
717 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  SOUTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 715 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MOVING
  THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND
  LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS AND FLOOD-PRONE AREAS IS LIKELY
  THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

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 ON COUNTRY ROADS AND 
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3846 7570 3865 7572 3868 7577 3887 7571
      3895 7556 3893 7530 3880 7516 3879 7511
      3881 7508 3877 7506 3874 7507 3846 7503
      3844 7505 3844 7517

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