[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 12/27/2011 10:11:50 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 280311
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1011 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011

NJC027-280515-
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MORRIS NJ-
1011 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EST

* AT 1008 PM EST THE STREAM GAGE AT FOUR BRIDGES INDICATED MINOR
  FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE RARITAN RIVER. WHILE RAIN
  HAD CEASED RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY
  UNTIL AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

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.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN OR CONTINUING RUNOFF. DO NOT 
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT 
TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 
AWAY.

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LAT...LON 4083 7475 4083 7465 4072 7471 4074 7481

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