[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/22/2013 5:13:46 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 222112
FLSPHI

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
512 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

NJC019-035-230100-
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HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
512 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SMALL
STREAMS IN NORTHERN SOMERSET AND NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTIES...

AT 5 PM...ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS 
EVENING AND CERTAINLY NOTHING TO THE EXTENT OF THIS MORNINGS RAIN. 

RUNOFF ON THE LAMINGTON RIVER AT BURNT MILLS HAS CAUSED EXTENSIVE 
MINOR FLOODING WITH THE 5 PM STAGE ABOUT 2 AND ONE HALF FEET ABOVE 
FLOOD STAGE...AND JUST AN INCH OR SO BELOW THE HIGHEST RECENT CREST 
OF 12.1 FEET ON APRIL 16 2007. THE LAMINGTON RIVER AT BURNT MILLS
APPEARS TO BE CRESTING NOW AND BY 7 PM SHOULD BE RECEDING. 

PORTIONS OF BURNT MILLS ROAD WAS CLOSED.

MEANWHILE THE MIDDLE BROOK AT BURNT MILLS WHICH WAS 2 FEET ABOVE 
FLOOD STAGE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAS NOW RECEDED BELOW FLOOD STAGE.


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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4060 7483 4071 7482 4075 7455 4066 7452
      4065 7452

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