[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/4/2012 12:05:42 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 040405
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1205 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

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BURLINGTON NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-OCEAN NJ-
1205 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT

* AT 1205 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN
  PARTS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY...OCEAN COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON
  COUNTY AND ATLANTIC COUNTY. THE AREAS OF PRECIPITATION WERE MOVING
  TO THE NORTH AROUND 15 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
  PRODUCING RAINFALL TOTALS OF AN INCH OR TWO IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF
  TIME BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO
  THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE 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 3989 7408 3980 7407 3960 7419 3936 7440
      3930 7453 3931 7459 3929 7471 3932 7486
      4043 7425 4047 7417 4042 7401 4048 7402
      4048 7400 4041 7396 4029 7397

$$

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