[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/7/2011 8:28:40 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 071228
FLWPHI

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

PAC091-101-071930-
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PHILADELPHIA PA-MONTGOMERY PA-
828 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 330 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 825 AM EDT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THE WATER LEVEL ON THE WISSAHICKON CREEK IN 
PHILADELPHIA WAS AT 5.23 FEET AND WAS RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 
FEET. AT FORT WASHINGTON...THE WATER LEVEL WAS 10.80 FEET. FLOOD 
STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.

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.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

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

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