[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/5/2011 8:26:41 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 060019
FLSPHI

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

PAC011-017-077-091-095-060215-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY PA-BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-BUCKS PA-
819 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  EAST CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 817 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN 
AREA OF SHOWERS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE SHOWERS WILL MOVE 
NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN 
WILL FALL IN SOME OF 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 4066 7547 4058 7519 4056 7519 4056 7513
      4056 7511 4019 7550 4036 7590

$$

RPW