[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/8/2011 1:06:30 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 081706
FLWPHI

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

NJC037-041-PAC017-095-090115-
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SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-BUCKS PA-
106 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTH CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 101 PM EDT ...ALTHOUGH THE RAINS LIGHTENED UP LATE THIS 
MORNING, SMALL STREAMS CONTINUED AT THEIR HIGH LEVELS. MORE RAIN IS 
FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON. RENEWED RISES ARE LIKELY. THE FLOOD 
WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED. 

* IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, THE WATER LEVEL ON THE LEHIGH RIVER AT 
GLENDON WAS 19.4 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.

* IN WARREN COUNTY, THE MUSCONETCONG, BEAVER BROOK, THE PEQUEST 
RIVER, AND PAULINS KILL, TO NAME A FEW, WERE ALL RUNNING VERY HIGH 
OR WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. EVACUATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE BELVIDERE, 
FRANKLIN, AND BLAIRSTOWN.

* IN SUSSEX COUNTY, THE PEQUEST RIVER WAS RUNNING HIGH AND THE WATER 
LEVEL AT FLAT BROOK IN FLATBROOKVILLE WAS 6.76 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 
6.0 FEET. THE EARLIER FLOODING IN BRANCHVILLE HAS DIMINISHED. AT THE 
TIME OF FLOODING, ROADS AND BRIDGES WERE IMPASSABLE. WITH MORE RAIN 
TO COME THIS AFTERNOON, SOME RENEWED RISES ARE LIKELY.  

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 4117 7439 4092 7466 4090 7470 4090 7478
      4080 7485 4059 7519 4055 7518 4048 7528
      4060 7540 4067 7544 4066 7547 4076 7560
      4082 7549 4086 7531 4096 7514 4100 7511
      4107 7497 4110 7498 4134 7475 4135 7468

$$

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