[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/10/2011 4:11:07 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 100910
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
410 AM EST SAT DEC 10 2011

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MORRIS NJ-
410 AM EST SAT DEC 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EST SATURDAY

* AT 400 AM EST...SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING WAS OCCURRING 
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. THE WATER LEVEL ON THE POMPTON
  RIVER AT RYERSON ROAD WAS 12.2 FEET AND FALLING. FLOOD STAGE IS
  12.0 FEET. THE RIVER SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING.

* THE WATER LEVEL ON THE POMPTON RIVER AT MIDWOOD WAS 8.3 FEET AND   
  FALLING. FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5 FEET. THE RIVER SHOULD FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

* ON THE PASSAIC RIVER AT LINCOLN PARK...THE WATER LEVEL WAS 5.6 FEET
  AND CRESTING. FLOOD STAGE IS 5.5 FEET. 

* FINALLY...ON THE PASSAIC RIVER AT TWO BRIDGES...THE WATER LEVEL 
  WAS 9.37 FEET AND FALLING. FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
 
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING. STREAM RISES WILL 
BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED 
PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

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 4089 7427 4090 7433 4087 7433 4090 7443
      4101 7437 4099 7429 4097 7427 4092 7428
      4091 7427

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TFG