[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 10/2/2012 6:24:28 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 022223
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
623 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2012

PAC091-030115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0027.121002T2223Z-121003T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY PA-
623 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 620 PM EDT...THE PERKIOMEN CREEK AT EAST GREENVILLE WAS REACHING
  FLOOD STAGE DUE TO RAINFALL FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY. 

THIS FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT MINOR FLOODING IS IMMINENT ALONG THE 
PERKIOMEN CREEK IN AND NEAR EAST GREENVILLE. FLASH FLOODING IS NOT 
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY 
PRECAUTION IMMEDIATELY.

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. BE ESPECIALLY 
CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE TH DANGERS OF FLOODING. 

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LAT...LON 4036 7560 4044 7553 4044 7552 4037 7540
      4027 7548 4033 7562

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