[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/3/2012 12:24:18 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 030424
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1224 AM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

PAC029-045-030715-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DELAWARE PA-CHESTER PA-
1224 AM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 315 AM EDT

* AT 1220 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN WESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY AND
  EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY. THE SHOWERS WERE DRIFTING TOWARD THE
  NORTHWEST. THE SHOWERS ARE PRODUCING LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
  AN INCH OR TWO. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLOODING ON AREA
  ROADWAYS, AS WELL AS FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND ALONG
  SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4003 7594 4011 7595 4024 7571 4024 7565
      4022 7561 4024 7560 4020 7558 4020 7555
      4015 7552 4016 7550 4014 7551 4013 7546
      4009 7545 4006 7536 3980 7541 3983 7549
      3983 7561 3996 7599

$$

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