[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/8/2011 9:53:39 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 081353
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
953 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

NJC019-021-027-035-082145-
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MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MERCER NJ-
953 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT THURSDAY

* AT 948 AM EDT...THE STONY BROOK IN PRINCETON WAS RISING QUICKLY. 

* THE WATER LEVEL ON THE SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT HIGH BRIDGE 
WAS 10.40 FEET AND WAS RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 

* THE WHIPPANY RIVER IN MORRISTOWN AND THE GREEN POND BROOK AT 
PICATINNY WERE ALSO RUNNING VERY HIGH.

* THE WATER LEVEL ON PIKE RUN IN BELLE MEADE WAS 8.73 FEET. FLOOD 
STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.

* IN ADDITION, THE NORTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT BOTH SOUTH BRANCH 
AND NORTH BRANCH WERE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4072 7438 4067 7445 4066 7441 4060 7443
      4056 7453 4048 7447 4034 7465 4026 7448
      4017 7458 4017 7459 4064 7511 4080 7485
      4090 7478 4091 7466 4108 7451 4104 7449
      4105 7444 4101 7440 4095 7447 4086 7431

$$

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