[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/18/2012 5:54:29 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 182153
FLWPHI

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

PAC011-077-190300-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-
553 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
  NORTHERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  WEST CENTRAL LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 547 PM EDT RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF 
THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF RESPONSE FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN 
SCHUYLKILL AND POSSIBLY LUZERNE COUNTIES WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO 
CONTINUED RISES ON SOME STREAMS...INCLUDING THE SCHUYLKILL.  

SO WHILE MOST OF THE AREA WILL PROBABLY NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER 
FLOODING...AREAS ALONG SMALLER RIVERS NEED TO BE PREPARED EITHER 
FOR CURRENT FLOODING LASTING INTO THE NIGHT OR DEVELOPING LATE THIS 
EVENING....ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SCHUYLKILL.  

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. 
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES NEAR STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVER 
SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4044 7624 4049 7625 4052 7624 4058 7606
      4058 7602 4065 7599 4074 7574 4062 7553
      4038 7604

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