[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/4/2012 1:25:32 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 041725
FLSPHI

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
125 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

MDC015-NJC011-041732-
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CECIL MD-CUMBERLAND NJ-
125 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL
STREAMS IN NORTHERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHERN CECIL COUNTIES...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3946 7479 3953 7501 3957 7506 3955 7507
      3976 7583 4016 7591 4032 7564 4016 7522

$$

DEC003-NJC001-007-015-033-PAC011-029-045-091-101-042015-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMDEN NJ-BERKS PA-MONTGOMERY PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-DELAWARE PA-
GLOUCESTER NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-CHESTER PA-ATLANTIC NJ-SALEM NJ-
125 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN NORTHERN SALEM...WEST CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
CHESTER...NORTHERN NEW CASTLE...GLOUCESTER...DELAWARE...WESTERN
PHILADELPHIA...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN BERKS AND WESTERN
CAMDEN COUNTIES...

AT 122 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING 
SOUTHEAST FROM CHESTER AND DELAWARE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA... 
THROUGH NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN DELAWARE...TO SALEM AND 
GLOUCESTER COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO 
THE NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF AN INCH OR TWO IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. 
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...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS COULD PUT YOUR LIFE AT RISK AND COST YOU
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN VEHICLE REPAIRS. FLOOD WATERS MAY BE DEEPER
THAN YOU THINK. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

&&

LAT...LON 3946 7479 3953 7501 3957 7506 3955 7507
      3976 7583 4016 7591 4032 7564 4016 7522

$$

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