[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/3/2011 4:39:10 AM

[svrwx at wx3i.net]

WGUS41 KPHI 030838
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
438 AM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

NJC027-031645-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0065.000000T0000Z-110903T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS NJ-
438 AM EDT SAT SEP 3 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 1245 PM EDT

* AT 427 AM EDT THE POMPTON RIVER AT RYERSON ROAD...MIDWOOD AND 
  MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD REMAINED ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER CONTINUES
  TO FALL SLOWLY AT THESE LOCATIONS. IT LIKELY WILL NOT BE UNTIL
  BETWEEN 730 AM AND 930 AM TODAY BEFORE THE NORTHERNMOST POINT AT
  RYERSON ROAD BECOMES THE FIRST OF THE THREE TO DROP BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE. 

* THE REMAINING TWO LOCATIONS...MIDWOOD AND MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD...ARE
  LIKELY TO REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR ANOTHER 24 HOURS...INTO SUNDAY
  MORNING...RECEDING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY.  

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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS...ESPECIALLY 
AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN THE DEPTH AND FLOW. ONLY 
A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY 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

$$

DRAG