[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/3/2012 6:29:29 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 032228
FLSPHI

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

NJC001-009-040130-
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CAPE MAY NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
628 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTH CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 623 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 
HEAVY SHOWERS SLOWLY MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS CAPE 
MAY COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OVER 1 TO 2 INCHES 
OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD. AS THE STORMS MOVE TOWARDS THE 
COAST THEY MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 1 INCH AN HOUR ACCUMULATIONS.

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.

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 3927 7456 3925 7460 3913 7470 3910 7470
      3904 7476 3909 7491 3915 7490 3918 7492
      3939 7479 3931 7452

$$

HEAVENER