[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 3/7/2011 10:58:50 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 080358
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1058 PM EST MON MAR 7 2011

NJC027-080815-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS NJ-
1058 PM 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 315 AM EST

* AT 1056 PM EST THE EAST DITCH AT BEAVER BROOK ROAD REMAINS ABOVE   
  FLOOD STAGE...BUT CONTINUES TO FALL. IT WILL CONTINUE TO FALL 
  OVERNIGHT AND SHOULD BE BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 
  THE FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN THE AREA HAS THEREFORE BEEN
  EXTENDED.
 
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.

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

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

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TFG