[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 3/6/2011 10:41:53 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 070341
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1041 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

PAC025-077-095-070945-
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LEHIGH PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-CARBON PA-
1041 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 445 AM EST MONDAY

* AT 1038 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 
RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SMALL RIVERS...CREEKS AND 
STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE THIS EVENING...AND AS THE RUNOFF FROM THE 
EARLIER HEAVY RAIN GETS INTO THE RIVERS AND STREAMS...MORE IN THE 
WAY OF FLOODING IS EXPECTED.  

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 4112 7566 4100 7553 4097 7552 4094 7557
      4081 7549 4092 7514 4059 7526 4043 7549
      4067 7587 4069 7588 4074 7578 4084 7593
      4091 7596 4098 7586 4100 7575 4104 7577

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