[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/7/2011 12:29:15 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 070428
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1228 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

PAC091-071030-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY PA-
1228 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* WHILE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...SMALL      
  STREAMS ARE RUNNING HIGH...SOME ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. IN              
  PARTICULAR...THE PERKIOMEN CREEK AT EAST GREENVILLE...AND THE EAST 
  BRANCH OF THE PERKIOMEN CREEK AT SCHWENKSVILLE REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD  
  STAGE AT 1215 AM. THE AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS THEREFORE CONTINUES  
  UNTIL 630 AM EDT.

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.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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LAT...LON 4038 7559 4040 7556 4040 7546 4030 7534
      4020 7551 4027 7566

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JJM