[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 5/26/2012 4:31:19 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 262031
FLSPHI

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

PAC025-089-095-262330-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NORTHAMPTON PA-CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
431 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  EASTERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 428 PM EDT HEAVY RAINFALL WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. ONE 
TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS...WHICH MAY 
CAUSE FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS SMALL STREAMS.

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 4081 7526 4074 7549 4098 7580 4099 7579
      4100 7575 4101 7575 4109 7555

$$

ROBERTSON