[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/14/2011 12:49:16 PM

[svrwx at wx3i.net]

WGUS41 KPHI 141648
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1248 PM EDT WED SEP 14 2011

NJC027-150800-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110915T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS NJ-
1248 PM EDT WED SEP 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  EAST CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY

* AT 1230 PM EDT...THE WATER LEVEL ON THE POMPTON RIVER AT MIDWOOD
  WAS NEAR 8.4 FEET AND FLUCTUATING WITHIN A VERY GRADUAL RECESSION.
  FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE...AND
  SHOULD DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE SOMETIME THURSDAY. 

* THE WATER LEVEL ON THE PASSAIC RIVER AT TWO BRIDGES WAS 9.2 FEET
  AND RECEDING VERY SLOWLY. FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. THE RIVER WATER
  LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE... AND SHOULD DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE 
  THIS EVENING. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. ALL 
INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.

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 4089 7433 4087 7433 4086 7431 4085 7431
      4089 7435 4093 7434 4095 7433 4098 7432
      4097 7427 4089 7427

$$

DRAG