[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 6/3/2013 8:03:19 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 031202
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
802 AM EDT MON JUN 3 2013

PAC101-031500-
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PHILADELPHIA PA-
802 AM EDT MON JUN 3 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 800 AM EDT THE FRANKFORD CREEK WAS RAPIDLY RISING TO FLOOD 
STAGE AND WILL CREST POSSIBLY A FOOT OR 2 OF ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY
830 AM BEFORE RAINS EASE AND THE FRANKFORD CREEK RECEDES DURING MID 
MORNING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

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.

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LAT...LON 4007 7498 4005 7498 4002 7500 4002 7503
      3998 7508 3997 7515 4008 7517 4005 7511
      4006 7509 4007 7510 4009 7507 4008 7497

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