[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/28/2011 4:38:53 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 280838
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
438 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011

PAC017-281130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0100.110928T0838Z-110928T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCKS PA-
438 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
  BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 730 AM EDT

* AT 434 AM EDT THE EAST BRANCH OF THE PERKIOMEN WAS RISING RAPIDLY
  AND SHOULD EXCEED ITS 5 FOOT FLOOD STAGE AROUND 5AM. IT IS EXPECTED
  TO BEGIN RECEDING AROUND 6 AM. THE TOHICKON CREEK AT PIPERSVILLE
  WAS ALSO RISING RAPIDLY BUT SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN ITS BANKS. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

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LAT...LON 4016 7505 4042 7546 4058 7523 4028 7491

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DRAG