[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 6/21/2011 9:39:08 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 220137
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
937 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

PAC089-220430-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0054.110622T0137Z-110622T0430Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONROE PA-
937 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 935 PM EDT HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS
  OF THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE CELL PRODUCING THE
  HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING ONLY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN
  OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH MAY OCCUR FROM THIS CELL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4116 7515 4115 7509 4114 7507 4105 7510
      4104 7525 4117 7525 4119 7515

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