[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/31/2011 8:02:48 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 010001
FLWPHI

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

NJC027-020445-
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MORRIS NJ-
801 PM 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 AM EDT FRIDAY

* AT 750 PM EDT...THE POMPTON RIVER AT RYERSON ROAD...MIDWOOD AND
  MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD REMAINED WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. ALTHOUGH THE
  RIVER WAS GENERALLY FALLING VERY SLOWLY AT THESE PLACES, IT MIGHT  
  NOT BE UNTIL LATE FRIDAY BEFORE THESE POINTS DROP BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE.

* THE PASSAIC RIVER AT TWO BRIDGES WAS ALSO WELL ABOVE FLOOD
  STAGE...AND WAS ALSO FALLING VERY SLOWLY. THE RIVER AT THIS POINT
  COULD ALSO REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH FRIDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 

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. 

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

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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DRAG