[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/3/2012 2:20:05 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 031819
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
219 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

DEC005-032115-
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SUSSEX DE-
219 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 217 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN 
SUSSEX COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS PRODUCING ESTIMATED RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF OVER 1 INCH IN THE PAST HOUR WITH ANOTHER INCH OR MORE 
POSSIBLE. 

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.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

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LAT...LON 3845 7535 3845 7569 3848 7570 3858 7571
      3874 7571 3874 7534 3845 7533 3844 7535

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