[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 5/27/2012 5:08:34 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 270908
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
508 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

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BERKS PA-
508 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT

* AT 506 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF 
  THE COUNTY. MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN BERKS COUNTY RECEIVED 
  HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING...AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 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.

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 4051 7620 4055 7615 4057 7611 4057 7608
      4058 7606 4058 7602 4063 7601 4068 7590
      4062 7580 4033 7586 4044 7623

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