[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/28/2011 3:23:39 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 281923
FLWPHI

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

PAC025-089-290315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0059.110828T1923Z-110829T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
323 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...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   
  TO SHOW LIGHT RAIN OVER THE POCONOS FROM DEPARTING TROPICAL STORM  
  IRENE. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE NORTH OF THE       
  AREA...MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN 6 OR MORE 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 4126 7514 4116 7516 4115 7509 4109 7503
      4110 7499 4108 7497 4086 7531 4078 7570
      4074 7576 4080 7587 4090 7599 4100 7575
      4105 7578 4110 7577 4114 7570 4113 7564
      4121 7557 4125 7550

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MANNING