[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/26/2012 7:21:43 PM

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
720 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

MDC011-035-270215-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120827T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
720 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S AND NORTHERN CAROLINE COUNTIES...

AT 715 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS 
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S 
AND NORTHERN CAROLINE COUNTIES. BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES...RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS THIS EVENING HAVE RANGED FROM ONE TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES 
IN A LARGE PART OF THE WARNING AREA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING.

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 3881 7590 3882 7590 3884 7593 3886 7592
      3888 7595 3891 7594 3913 7596 3914 7575
      3881 7572

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