[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/27/2011 3:47:58 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 271947
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
347 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

DEC003-NJC001-005-007-009-015-019-021-023-025-029-035-PAC017-029-045-
091-101-272145-
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HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-MERCER NJ-
MIDDLESEX NJ-DELAWARE PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-CHESTER PA-MONTGOMERY PA-
BUCKS PA-MONMOUTH NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-CAPE MAY NJ-OCEAN NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
BURLINGTON NJ-
347 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  NORTHEASTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 339 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING 
  NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH TWO THIRDS OF NEW JERSEY
  INTO SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.  RAINFALL OF ONE QUARTER TO HALF AN
  INCH CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES ACROSS MANY COMMUNITIES AND THEN THE
  SHOWERS DIMINISH FOR A TIME.  THIS RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER URBAN
  AREAS WILL PRODUCE POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING. 

*  THIS ADVISORY IS ADJACENT TO AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING THAT COVERS
   VIRTUALLY ALL OF DELAWARE...EASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHWEST NEW
   JERSEY WHERE RAINFALL RATES ARE HIGHER.  THOSE RAIN RATES WILL
   TRANSLATE INTO THE ADVISORY AREA LATE TODAY OR THIS EVENING AND
   PROBABLY PROMPT FLOOD WARNINGS OF SOME SORT VERY LATE TODAY OR
   THIS EVENING.

*  WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THESE
   SHOWERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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. 

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 3974 7409 3962 7425 3954 7426 3954 7427
      3959 7430 3958 7431 3950 7430 3953 7440
      3948 7431 3944 7434 3913 7469 3934 7486
      3942 7486 3980 7521 3974 7613 3987 7601
      3999 7599 4030 7560 4046 7455 4035 7396

$$

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