[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/11/2012 3:51:36 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 111950
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
350 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

NJC001-009-029-112100-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAPE MAY NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-OCEAN NJ-
350 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR FLOODING OF POOR 
DRAINAGE AREAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL 
OCEAN...SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES...

AT 348 PM EDT THERE HAS BEEN A REPORT OF WIDESPREAD ROAD FLOODING IN 
OCEAN CITY OF CAPE MAY COUNTY. 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS TEMPORARILY SHIFTING INTO WESTERN CAPE MAY 
COUNTY AND WILL SOON DIMINISH IN OCEAN CITY OF CAPE COUNTY.   

MORE HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN MARYLAND MAY ARRIVE ALONG 
THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST THIS EVENING. 
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3950 7430 3945 7430 3935 7441 3932 7450
      3925 7460 3900 7478 3893 7490 3892 7497
      3894 7498 3899 7497 3911 7490 3917 7490
      3951 7440 3949 7437 3954 7435 3963 7421
      3961 7419

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