[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/11/2012 4:54:19 PM

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WGUS71 KPHI 112053
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
453 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

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CAPE MAY NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
453 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES...

AT 446 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES CONTINUE TO INDICATES A BAND 
OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 
OVER CAPE MAY AND SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTIES.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ATLANTIC CITY
AND OCEAN CITY.

AT 445 PM THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING 
NORTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTY INTO SOUTHEASTERN 
ATLANTIC COUNTY. THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING 
IN NORTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTY SHORTLY AROUND 515 PM.  HOWEVER... 
OCCASIONALLY EXCESSIVE SHORT TERM HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD CONTINUE IN 
COASTAL ATLANTIC COUNTY NEW JERSEY THROUGH AT LEAST 545 PM.   

THEREAFTER...MORE RAIN...SOME OF IT HEAVY...WITH EMBEDDED 
THUNDERSTORMS...WAS MOVING NORTHWARD FROM MARYLAND AND MAY 
CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHER FLOODING LATER THIS EVENING.   

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE BY CALLING YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OR BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT...1-877-633-6772.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 7441 3932 7450 3925 7460 3917 7467
      3910 7470 3899 7478 3893 7487 3893 7498
      3902 7496 3911 7490 3917 7491 3951 7440
      3949 7438 3950 7433 3945 7430

$$

DRAG