[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/18/2012 3:08:08 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 181907
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
307 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

PAC011-077-182300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0025.120918T1907Z-120918T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-
307 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  NORTHERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 259 PM EDT...PREVIOUSLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE FORCED MANY SMALL
  STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY.  ANOTHER BAND OR TWO OF MODERATE TO
  BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN IS GOING TO BE MOVING THROUGH THIS AREA BETWEEN
  NOW AND 5 PM. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER
  AT LANDINGVILLE TO BE NEAR FLOOD STAGE BY 6 PM.  

THE LITTLE SCHUYLKILL AT TAMAQUA WAS ALSO RISING RAPIDLY AS WAS THE 
LEHIGH RIVER AT LEHIGHTON. WHILE THESE RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN 
BANKFULL...SEVERAL TRIBUTARIES TO THESE STREAMS SHOULD EXCEED 
BANKFULL.  


A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...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.

&&

LAT...LON 4051 7640 4052 7624 4058 7606 4058 7602
      4065 7599 4074 7574 4062 7553 4032 7616
      4049 7643

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