[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 10/2/2012 6:56:15 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 022255
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
655 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2012

NJC011-015-033-030145-
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GLOUCESTER NJ-SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
655 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 651 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WERE DROPPING UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN AS THEY MOVED 
  NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN 
  SALEM COUNTY. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...RURAL AREAS AND SOME ROADS
  IS EXPECTED. 

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
LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 

&&

LAT...LON 3933 7533 3933 7537 3935 7539 3943 7548
      3970 7510 3958 7491

$$

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