[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 10/29/2012 7:40:45 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 291140
FLWPHI

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

PAC029-045-091-101-292330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0032.121029T1140Z-121029T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-DELAWARE PA-CHESTER PA-
740 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT MONDAY

* AT 730 AM EDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE
  INTO SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY
  RECEIVED AN INCH OR TWO OF RAINFALL. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT WITH TOTALS OF 5 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 7613 3973 7610 3987 7599 3996 7599
      4003 7594 4011 7594 4025 7569 4045 7553
      4010 7496 4003 7500 3996 7513 3988 7515
      3985 7533 3980 7541 3984 7553 3983 7563
      3981 7570 3972 7578

$$

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