[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/15/2012 6:19:19 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 152219
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
619 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

NJC021-023-025-029-160115-
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MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
619 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED
  THUNDERSTORMS NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 195 DROPPING IN EXCESS
  OF AN INCH OF RAIN AS THEY MOVED EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. RAINFALL
  FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO EXCEED BANKFULL AND
  WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN...POOR DRAINAGE AND ROAD FLOODING.  

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

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 4007 7403 4006 7454 4014 7459 4018 7471
      4027 7483 4038 7471 4038 7461 4042 7459
      4049 7446 4054 7450 4061 7442 4060 7422
      4056 7420 4054 7424 4047 7425 4042 7401
      4048 7402 4048 7400 4044 7397 4029 7397

$$

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