[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/29/2011 9:54:57 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 291354
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
954 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2011

PAC077-095-291745-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0108.110929T1354Z-110929T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEHIGH PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-
954 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  CENTRAL LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 949 AM EDT...THE STAGE OF THE MONOCACY CREEK AT BETHLEHEM WAS
  6.2 FEET AND FALLING. FLOOD STAGE IS 4.5 FEET. ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS
  ON AREA STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON     
  HOURS...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED OVER PORTIONS OF       
  LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES TO ALLOW TIME FOR ALL STREAMS TO   
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. 


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. 


&&

LAT...LON 4086 7505 4084 7510 4082 7509 4074 7520
      4066 7520 4065 7521 4062 7520 4058 7527
      4057 7559 4079 7558 4086 7531 4092 7525
      4096 7514

$$

JJM