[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 10/29/2012 4:49:57 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 292048
FLWPHI

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

PAC011-300445-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0033.121029T2048Z-121030T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERKS PA-
448 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE LEHIGH VALLEY. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS THREE AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO 
THUS. 

* CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE AREA...AND THE 
  MANATAWNY CREEK IN SPANGVILLE IS APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. ROADWAY FLOODING
  IS ALSO ANTICIPATED. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS...AS 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.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 4049 7642 4053 7627 4052 7624 4059 7604
      4058 7602 4061 7601 4068 7590 4055 7568
      4044 7553 4037 7559 4019 7579 4015 7585

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