[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 3/6/2011 7:03:28 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 070003
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
703 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

NJC005-070400-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BURLINGTON NJ-
703 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EST

* AT 703 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AN AREA OF 
HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THUS FAR...BETWEEN 
THREE-QUARTERS AND ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. AN 
ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF TO THREE-QUARTERS OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS 
EVENING. 

THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND 
CREEKS...AS WELL AS STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3963 7439 3956 7442 3984 7487 4009 7461
      3984 7443 3976 7439

$$

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