[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/1/2013 2:35:39 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 011835
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
235 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2013

DEC005-012130-
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SUSSEX DE-
235 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 233 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR AND COCORAHS OBSERVERS ARE INDICATING 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE. 
REPORTS ALREADY INDICATE THAT OVER 1.25 INCHES HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE 
PAST HALF HOUR ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA. THE AREA MAY EXPERIENCE A 
FEW TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS ALLOWING FOR ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF 
RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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LAT...LON 3845 7554 3857 7554 3857 7519 3845 7518
      3845 7552

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HEAVENER