[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/18/2012 1:57:16 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 181756
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
156 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

PAC025-089-182300-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONROE PA-CARBON PA-
156 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 149 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF HEAVY WIND DRIVEN SHOWERS 
MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE POCONOS. 

HEAVIEST RAIN BETWEEN NOW AND 3 PM WAS TARGETING THE REGION FROM 
NEAR MOUNT POCONO TO JIM THORPE...LANSFORD...WEATHERLY AND 
ALBRIGHTSVILLE. RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH CAN OCCUR IN 45 MINUTES IN 
ISOLATED LOCATIONS.  

THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN IS FURTHER NORTHWEST THAN THE AREA HIT BY 
HEAVY RAINS EARLIER TODAY. AMOUNTS IN KRESGEVILLE AND SWIFTWATER 
WERE REPORTED TO BE BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 INCHES...MOSTLY FROM EARLIER 
TODAY.    

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7514 4115 7508 4109 7503 4109 7497
      4099 7513 4095 7514 4093 7521 4087 7528
      4083 7539 4078 7568 4073 7576 4091 7600
      4101 7574 4105 7578 4111 7575 4114 7568
      4113 7564 4119 7557 4124 7541 4126 7513

$$



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