[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/5/2011 7:08:29 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 052306
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
706 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

NJC019-027-035-037-041-PAC095-060200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0161.110905T2306Z-110906T0200Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
NORTHAMPTON PA-
706 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 701 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN 
AREA OF SHOWERS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.
THE SHOWERS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE AREA
THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL IN SOME AREAS THESE SHOWERS
AND COULD CAUSE FLOODING ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.

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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 7438 4109 7449 4104 7449 4105 7444
      4102 7442 4098 7428 4070 7441 4067 7445
      4065 7443 4059 7446 4057 7520 4062 7520
      4056 7533 4081 7535 4096 7514 4100 7511
      4107 7497 4108 7499 4135 7470

$$

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