[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/29/2013 10:38:01 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 300237
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1037 PM EDT THU AUG 29 2013

PAC011-077-300430-
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BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-
1037 PM EDT THU AUG 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1034 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN      
  LEHIGH COUNTY MOVING WEST AT AROUND 20 MPH. UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN    
  ABOUT 15 MINUTES HAS BEEN REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTERS IN THE      
  AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL      
  PRODUCE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. VERY SMALL STREAMS WILL  
  ALSO EXPERIENCE QUICK RISES.


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.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING 
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 4056 7613 4057 7608 4059 7605 4058 7603
      4064 7600 4071 7582 4066 7560 4052 7536
      4044 7554 4022 7574 4050 7623

$$

JJM