[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 5/21/2012 7:27:19 AM

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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
726 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012

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MIDDLESEX NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-
726 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 723 AM EDT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
  HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MONMOUTH COUNTY FROM THE 
  ATLANTIC OCEAN. THIS BAND IS SLOWLY EDGING TO THE NORTH BUT        
  EXTENDED ABOUT 100 MILES OFFSHORE. ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE
  ALREADY REACHED ONE INCH IN EASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY WITH AN 
  ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO LIKELY BY NOON. THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL
  ALSO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY LATER THIS MORNING.
 
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.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 4010 7403 4009 7408 4013 7411 4010 7415
      4011 7423 4017 7426 4017 7431 4035 7463
      4042 7459 4049 7446 4054 7451 4059 7450
      4060 7422 4056 7420 4054 7424 4047 7425
      4042 7403 4048 7402 4045 7398 4029 7397

$$

TFG