[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/28/2011 1:27:50 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 281727
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
127 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

NJC019-027-035-037-041-PAC011-017-077-091-095-290130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0058.110828T1727Z-110829T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-
BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-BUCKS PA-
127 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   
  TO SHOW LIGHT RAIN OVER THE NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA    
  FROM DEPARTING TROPICAL STORM IRENE. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS   
  MOVED TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA...LATEST REPORTS INDICATE THAT MANY 
  LOCATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN 6 AND 9 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE YESTERDAY. 
  SOME SMALLER CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES ARE CRESTING... BUT FLOODING   
  AND RUNOFF FROM THIS EXTREME RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE 
  DAY TODAY WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.    
  MANY ROADWAYS ARE CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS    
  FLOOD SITUATION.  

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 7437 4104 7449 4100 7430 4090 7427
      4089 7433 4075 7436 4067 7445 4066 7440
      4060 7444 4070 7489 4014 7589 4049 7643
      4059 7603 4064 7600 4078 7570 4086 7530
      4107 7497 4134 7475 4135 7468

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MANNING