[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 6/7/2013 3:34:03 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 071933
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
333 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

NJC019-021-023-027-035-PAC017-080130-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-BUCKS PA-MIDDLESEX NJ-
333 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT 

* AT 331 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE REGION.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
ACROSS THIS AREA HAVE GENERALLY BEEN BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES ON 
AVERAGE.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE 
POSSIBLE.  THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS 
AND ON ROADWAYS.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4049 7426 4045 7422 4036 7431 4007 7493
      4042 7544 4060 7519 4071 7497 4092 7475
      4092 7466 4108 7451 4103 7450 4106 7446
      4097 7427 4090 7427 4090 7433 4074 7436
      4068 7445 4067 7440 4060 7444 4059 7420

$$

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