[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 7/28/2013 3:22:34 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 281922
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
322 PM EDT SUN JUL 28 2013

DEC003-NJC005-007-015-033-PAC045-091-101-282115-
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CAMDEN NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-
NEW CASTLE DE-BURLINGTON NJ-SALEM NJ-
322 PM EDT SUN JUL 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 319 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS  AND 
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NORTHEASTWARD NEAR THE DELAWARE 
RIVER.  ITS EASILY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS OF 1.5 
INCHES IN 1 HOUR AS WELL AS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLY WIND 
GUSTS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL SLOW 
LATE AFTERNOON TRAVEL NEAR PHILADELPHIA. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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.

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 3986 7560 4005 7527 4018 7508 4008 7497
      4006 7498 4006 7494 3998 7486 3959 7558
      3960 7559 3961 7558 3963 7558 3968 7552
      3969 7553 3963 7560 3963 7561 3984 7561

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