[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 5/26/2012 3:15:45 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 261915
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
315 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

PAC025-262115-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARBON PA-
315 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 313 PM EDT ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE LAST ONE TO TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND 
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4076 7574 4074 7578 4081 7590 4084 7594
      4085 7594 4086 7594 4089 7588

$$

ROBERTSON