[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 6/12/2012 11:02:15 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 130301
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1101 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

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GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
1101 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  WESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 1058 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW 
  JERSEY. BETWEEN ONE AND ONE-HALF AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
  FALLEN IN THE AREA FROM AN EARLIER BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN. AN 
  ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS 
  AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS ROAD FLOODING. THE MAURICE RIVER AT NORMA 
  IS RISING QUICKLY AND COULD GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY 
  MORNING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

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LAT...LON 3937 7468 3938 7534 3962 7534 3962 7489
      3961 7488 3962 7486 3961 7469

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