[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/21/2012 5:18:13 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 211017
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
517 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012

PAC045-211415-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DELAWARE PA-
517 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 915 AM EST

* AT 516 AM EST MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 
FEW HOURS. 

* CRUM CREEK AND OTHER NEARBY CREEKS WILL BE AFFECTED BY FLOODING    
  EARLY THIS MORNING. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3994 7553 3998 7545 4003 7541 4004 7541
      4007 7536 3996 7525 3994 7524 3988 7526
      3987 7521 3986 7523 3985 7533 3980 7541
      3983 7549 3984 7560 3987 7560

$$

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