[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 6/12/2012 10:17:28 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 130217
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1017 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

DEC003-NJC007-015-033-PAC029-045-101-130515-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0046.120613T0217Z-120613T0515Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMDEN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-
CHESTER PA-SALEM NJ-
1017 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  EAST CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT

* AT 1016 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
  AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA INTO 
  SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY. BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL
  IN SOME LOCATIONS BEFORE 100 AM.
  
  THIS MUCH RAIN WILL RESULT IN STREET FLOODING...AS WELL AS SHARP
  RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3967 7490 3968 7552 4004 7551 4004 7534
      3998 7527 4001 7521 4004 7524 4004 7499
      3999 7506 3998 7501 3995 7502 3994 7497
      3993 7498 3988 7493 3978 7489

$$

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