[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/11/2012 5:41:04 PM

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

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CAPE MAY NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
540 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 533 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED 
EARLIER. THESE ISOLATED STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM SOMERS POINT TO ATLANTIC CITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
OCEAN CITY TO ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH.

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

THERE IS AT LEAST A 30 TO 60 MINUTE BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAIN FOR THE 
WARNING AREA OF CAPE MAY COUNTY AND THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD TAPER 
OFF IN COASTAL ATLANTIC COUNTY AROUND 6 PM. 

MORE RAIN WAS HEADING NORTH FROM DELAWARE...BUT RECENTLY IT HAS 
DECREASED IN ITS INTENSITY.  

NEVERTHELESS...THE WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 7 PM UNTIL WE ARE 
ASSURED NO FURTHER HEAVY RAIN OCCURS IN THE WARNING AREA AND IT 
GIVES TIME FOR THE CURRENT FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. 

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.

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.

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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

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FORECASTER:  DRAG