[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/7/2011 3:16:43 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 070716
FLWPHI

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

PAC091-101-071330-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110907T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PHILADELPHIA PA-MONTGOMERY PA-
316 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...
  WESTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 313 AM EDT SMALL STREAMS IN THE AREA WERE STILL RUNNING HIGH    
  FROM EARLIER RAIN. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS 
  MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. THE AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS THEREFORE    
  BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 930 AM EDT.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4006 7513 3989 7516 3986 7522 3996 7525
      4004 7535 4007 7537 4007 7540 4018 7553
      4031 7531 4014 7503

$$

JJM