[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/27/2012 11:46:33 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 271546
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1146 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012

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SUSSEX DE-
1146 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  EASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 1142 AM EDT SHOWERS WERE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS FROM NEAR 
NORFOLK VIRGINIA TO LEWES DELAWARE. THIS BAND OF SHOWERS MAY 
INTENSIFY FURTHER BETWEEN NOW AND 1 PM AND BE NEARLY STATIONARY.  
THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE AT LEAST SOME POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING 
IN THE AREA THAT RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT.

ITS POSSIBLE A FEW LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE 1 INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 
NOW AND 130 PM. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND 
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

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LAT...LON 3880 7537 3889 7527 3879 7515 3879 7511
      3881 7510 3880 7508 3867 7506 3867 7505
      3862 7505 3861 7504 3845 7504 3845 7540

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