[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/30/2011 5:22:02 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 302121
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
521 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2011

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SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
521 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  WESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 5 PM EDT THE MAURICE RIVER AT NORMA WAS STILL IN MAJOR FLOOD
  BUT HAS RECEDED EVER SO SLOWLY TO A READING OF 6.56 FEET. THIS IS
  A LITTLE OVER A FOOT LOWER THAN AT THE CREST LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
  FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET. CURRENT TRENDS INDICATE THAT IT 
  PROBABLY WONT DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE UNTIL AT LEAST SOMETIME
  THURSDAY. 

* THE GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER AT FOLSOM WAS RECEDING THROUGH THE 
  MODERATE FLOOD CATEGORY AND ABOUT HALF A FOOT LOWER THAN ITS 1115
  PM MONDAY CREST OF 8.27 FEET.  FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. THE 5 PM
  TUESDAY STAGE WAS 7.72 FEET.  RECESSION TRENDS INDICATE THIS
  RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

DO NOT DRIVE PAST BARRICADES OR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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.


&&

LAT...LON 3942 7457 3935 7487 3920 7503 3920 7510
      3917 7514 3920 7519 3923 7518 3926 7524
      3929 7527 3928 7530 3929 7532 3933 7534
      3972 7491

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