[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 7/31/2012 5:09:56 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 310908
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
508 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

DEC005-311100-
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SUSSEX DE-
508 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 700 AM EDT

* AT 5 AM EDT...HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN 
REPEATEDLY FORMING OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF DELAWARE...JUST EAST 
OF FRANKFORD AND SELBYVILLE....NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 
26. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTH AND SHOULD 
WEAKEN OR MOVE SOUTH INTO MARYLAND BY 6AM. HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATES 
AS MUCH AS 2.3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN EAST OF SELBYVILLE 
SINCE ABOUT 355 AM.     

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF ANY 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 3845 7507 3845 7523 3856 7523 3854 7508

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