[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 3/7/2011 9:48:43 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 071448
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
948 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

NJC027-072115-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110307T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS NJ-
948 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EST MONDAY

* AT 943 AM EST...EAST DITCH AT BEAVER BROOK ROAD HAD CRESTED BUT    
  REMAINED ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. IT IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD     
  STAGE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN THE   
  AREA HAS THEREFORE BEEN EXTENDED INTO THE AFTERNOON. 

   FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE POMPTON...ROCKAWAY...
PEQUANNOCK...AND PASSAIC RIVERS.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

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 4089 7433 4086 7431 4075 7437 4066 7451
      4066 7453 4070 7451 4102 7442 4101 7432
      4098 7428 4089 7427

$$

JJM