[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/28/2013 9:35:43 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 281334
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
934 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2013

PAC017-077-095-281630-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCKS PA-LEHIGH PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-
934 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  EASTERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT

* AT 929 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SLOWLY MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LEHIGH 
VALLEY. RADAR ESTIMATES, COMBINED WITH REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS FROM 
LOCAL ASOS AND WEATHER UNDERGROUND SITES SHOW BETWEEN 1 TO 1.5 
INCHES HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE PAST 30 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. WITH THE 
SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS UPWARDS OF 1 TO 1.5 
INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 

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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4066 7525 4059 7519 4058 7520 4057 7517
      4045 7508 4032 7528 4045 7549 4074 7573
      4082 7540

$$

HEAVENER