[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/27/2011 11:22:01 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 280321
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1121 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

PAC025-089-280915-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0054.110828T0321Z-110828T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
1121 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 515 AM EDT SUNDAY

* AT 1112 PM EDT...BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO CIRCULATE 
WESTWARD ACROSS NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA. SO FAR...THE HEAVIEST 
RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA HAS BEEN BETWEEN ONE TWO INCHES. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED 
THROUGH ABOUT 500 AM.

* THE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE STREET    
FLOODING. BASEMENT FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN SOME AREAS 
OVERNIGHT.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4126 7514 4116 7516 4115 7509 4109 7503
      4110 7499 4108 7497 4100 7511 4096 7514
      4086 7531 4078 7570 4074 7576 4081 7590
      4090 7600 4100 7575 4105 7578 4110 7577
      4114 7570 4113 7564 4121 7557 4125 7550

$$

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