[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/22/2011 8:58:17 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 221257
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
857 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

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MONMOUTH NJ-
857 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT TODAY

* AT 850 AM EDT THE SQUANKUM RIVER AT MANASQUAN WAS IN MODERATE
  FLOOD WITH A STAGE READING OF 9.43 FEET BUT SHOWING SIGNS OF
  NEARING A CREST...POSSIBLY AROUND 9.5 OR 9.6 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS
  7.5 FEET.  

MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND THEN THE RIVER 
SHOULD BEGIN A RECESSION THIS AFTERNOON AND PROBABLY DROP BELOW 
FLOOD STAGE SOMETIME THIS EVENING. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ANY FURTHER STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT 
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY 
AVOIDANCE PRECAUTIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD 
RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER 
COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS 
A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING 
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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LAT...LON 4026 7412 4015 7409 4011 7421 4018 7426

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