[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 5/29/2012 6:44:20 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 292244
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
644 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

PAC011-017-077-091-300130-
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BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-LEHIGH PA-MONTGOMERY PA-
644 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 640 PM EDT BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
  FROM NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY THROUGH ALLENTOWN AND LANCASTER IN
  PENNSYLVANIA TO FREDERICK MARYLAND AND WILL BE PASSING THROUGH THE
  ADVISORY AREA OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH AT LEAST 8 PM.  

*  THIS ADVISORY AREA RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS THIS PAST SUNDAY WHICH
   RESULTED IN AT LEAST TWO STREAMS FLOODING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS
   FOR A REPEAT OCCURRENCE LATER THIS EVENING. 


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.

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.

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 4066 7549 4059 7539 4058 7540 4054 7534
      4054 7532 4039 7509 4019 7539 4034 7603

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