[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/21/2012 5:45:53 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 212245
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
545 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE PEQUANNOCK RIVER BELOW MACOPIN DAM...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER
MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS.

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NJC027-031-220445-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0025.121221T2245Z-121223T0000Z/
/MCPN4.1.ER.121221T2151Z.121222T0600Z.121222T1800Z.NO/
545 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE PEQUANNOCK RIVER BELOW MACOPIN DAM.
* UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 5:30 PM, THE STAGE WAS 5.7 FEET AND RISING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND CONTINUED MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER LEVEL WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 6.2 FEET LATE
  TONIGHT. THE RIVER LEVEL SHOULD FALL BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY ON
  SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 6.5 FEET, MAIN STREET IN BUTLER AND MAIN STREET IN
  BLOOMINGDALE FLOOD. SEVERAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ALSO BEGIN TO FLOOD.
  THE HAMBURG TURNPIKE EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. FLOODING EXPANDS
  TO THE EAST SIDE OF BLOOMINGDALE. SLOAN PARK IS FLOODED.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

PEQUANNOCK RIVER
  MACOPIN DAM      5.5    5.7  FRI 530 PM     6.2    SAT 100 AM 

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