[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/1/2011 7:59:20 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 012358
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
758 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2011

NJC027-021045-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0065.000000T0000Z-110902T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS NJ-
758 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 645 AM EDT FRIDAY

* AT 752 PM EDT...THE POMPTON RIVER AT RYERSON ROAD...MIDWOOD AND
  MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD REMAINED WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER HAD
  CRESTED AND WAS FALLING SLOWLY AT THESE PLACES, BUT IT LIKELY
  WILL NOT BE UNTIL LATE FRIDAY AT THE EARLIEST BEFORE THESE
  POINTS DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE. THE PASSAIC RIVER AT TWO BRIDGES
  WAS ALSO WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND FALLING SLOWLY. THE RIVER AT
  THIS POINT COULD ALSO REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH FRIDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOU OR YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 7433 4087 7433 4086 7431 4081 7433
      4077 7437 4076 7439 4100 7443 4100 7431
      4097 7427 4092 7428 4089 7427

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