[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 7/26/2012 10:19:59 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 270219
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1019 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

DEC003-MDC015-PAC029-270515-
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NEW CASTLE DE-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-
1019 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT

* AT 1014 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MARYLAND MOVING TOWARDS THE 
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CECIL 
COUNTY, SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY AND WESTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY OVER 
THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AND COULD PRODUCE UPWARDS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES 
OF RAIN IN TWO HOURS. 

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.

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 3974 7611 3981 7604 3982 7569 3952 7568
      3944 7602 3952 7599 3954 7603 3954 7607
      3958 7608 3963 7616 3965 7616 3972 7623

$$

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