[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/22/2013 8:23:11 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 230020
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
820 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

NJC019-035-230500-
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HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
820 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
  NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 811 PM EDT THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE RARITAN AT NORTH BRANCH WAS
  ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND APPARENTLY CRESTING.  THE
  LAMINGTON RIVER AT BURNT MILLS HAD CRESTED AND WAS RECEDING.

*  ROADS MAY BE UNDER WATER AND CLOSED ALONG PARTS OF THESE RIVERS
   TONIGHT.   

*  THESE RIVERS WILL PROBABLY RECEDE BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND
   MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY AFTER.   


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...

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

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE UP TO HIGHER 
GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO 
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

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LAT...LON 4060 7483 4071 7482 4075 7455 4066 7452
      4065 7452

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