[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/5/2012 5:11:51 PM

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
511 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

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OCEAN NJ-
511 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY...

AT 501 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BARNEGAT TO 
WARREN GROVE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF TOMS 
RIVER TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
BARNEGAT...BARNEGAT LIGHT...BEACH HAVEN WEST...HARVEY CEDARS...SURF 
CITY...WARREN GROVE AND STAFFORD.

STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE RAIN ENDS AROUND 6 PM SHOULD RANGE FROM 
1 TO POSSIBLY 4 INCHES.  

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SHORT TERM SITUATION...IN PART 
BECAUSE THE RAIN IS FALLING ON AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED EXCESSIVE 
RAINFALL EARLIER THIS WEEK.   

THERE WILL BE LIGHTNING STRIKES...POSSIBLY KNOCKING OUT POWER.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY 
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE BY CALLING YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OR BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT...1-877-633-6772.

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LAT...LON 3965 7416 3969 7438 3971 7440 3975 7439
      3978 7417 3975 7418 3974 7415 3972 7415
      3974 7414 3977 7415 3979 7412 3977 7409

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FORECASTER:DRAG