[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/21/2012 9:21:50 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 220221
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
921 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING 
RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY...
  PEQUANNOCK RIVER BELOW MACOPIN DAM AFFECTING MORRIS AND PASSAIC COUNTIES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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921 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE PEQUANNOCK RIVER BELOW MACOPIN DAM.
* UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:15 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 6.5 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT 
  TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 6.5 FEET...BOTH MAIN STREETS IN BUTLER AND BLOOMINGDALE FLOOD. 
  SEVERAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE ALSO FLOODED. THE HAMBURG TURNPIKE 
  EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. FLOODING EXPANDS TO THE EAST SIDE OF 
  BLOOMINGDALE. SLOAN PARK IS FLOODED.

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                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

PEQUANNOCK RIVER
  MACOPIN DAM      5.5    6.29 FRI 9 PM     6.5 SAT 1 AM 

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