[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 6/7/2013 7:26:30 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 072325
FLSPHI

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
725 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

DEC003-MDC015-072330-
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NEW CASTLE DE-CECIL MD-
725 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL
STREAMS IN NORTHEASTERN CECIL AND NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTIES...

ALTHOUGH THIS AREAL FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED, RIVER FLOOD 
WARNINGS REMAIN POSTED FOR SOME LARGER BODIES OF WATER SUCH AS THE 
WHITE CLAY CREEK, THE RED CLAY CREEK, AND THE CHRISTINA RIVER.

LAT...LON 4043 7552 4011 7496 4004 7498 3995 7514
      3991 7513 3986 7523 3984 7535 3984 7559
      4008 7585

$$

PAC029-045-091-101-072345-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-DELAWARE PA-CHESTER PA-
725 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN NORTHEASTERN CHESTER...DELAWARE...
PHILADELPHIA AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 720 PM EDT...THE WISSAHICKON CREEK IN FORT WASHINGTON AND IN 
PHILADELPHIA WERE BOTH ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. CRUM CREEK AT NEWTOWN 
SQUARE WAS ALSO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 4043 7552 4011 7496 4004 7498 3995 7514
      3991 7513 3986 7523 3984 7535 3984 7559
      4008 7585

$$

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