[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 10/29/2012 6:37:48 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 291037
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
637 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

DEC003-MDC015-292230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0030.121029T1037Z-121029T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE DE-CECIL MD-
637 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT MONDAY

* AT 630 AM EDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE
  INTO NORTHERN DELAWARE AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. SINCE
  SUNDAY, SOME LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
  RAINFALL. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND
  INTO TONIGHT WITH TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THE END OF
  THE DAY ON TUESDAY. AS A RESULT, THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY NEED TO
  BE EXTENDED.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS AND IN AREAS OF POOR
  DRAINAGE. ROADWAY FLOODING IS ALSO ANTICIPATED. DO NOT DRIVE
  THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS.
  IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA, BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER
  GROUND.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7578 3983 7565 3982 7544 3979 7541
      3972 7547 3962 7561 3959 7560 3963 7557
      3963 7556 3952 7556 3946 7559 3936 7551
      3931 7558 3929 7568 3930 7576 3938 7577
      3938 7605 3953 7599 3954 7607 3972 7623

$$

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