[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/31/2011 12:34:29 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 310434
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1234 AM EDT WED AUG 31 2011

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MORRIS NJ-
1234 AM EDT WED AUG 31 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  EAST CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT

* AT 1230 AM EDT...THE EAST DITCH AT BEAVER BROOK ROAD WAS JUST 
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE EAST DITCH COULD DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER 
THIS MORNING.

HOWEVER...THE POMPTON RIVER AT RYERSON ROAD...MIDWOOD AND 
MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD REMAIN WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER WAS 
FALLING SLOWLY AT THESE PLACES...AND IT COULD BE THURSDAY BEFORE 
THESE POINTS DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

THE PASSAIC RIVER AT TWO BRIDGES ALSO REMAINS WELL ABOVE FLOOD 
STAGE...AND FALLING SLOWLY. THE RIVER AT THIS POINT COULD ALSO 
REMAIN IN FLOOD INTO THURSDAY.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...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.

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LAT...LON 4089 7433 4087 7433 4086 7431 4081 7433
      4077 7437 4076 7439 4100 7443 4100 7431
      4097 7427 4092 7428 4089 7427

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