[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 6/18/2013 5:57:32 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 182156
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
556 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

NJC019-035-PAC017-190145-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-BUCKS PA-
556 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH INTO              
  THE AREA...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AT THE RATE OF OVER ONE INCH PER   
  HOUR. RAINFALL RATES OF THIS MAGNITUDE...COUPLED WITH AN ALREADY   
  WET GROUND FROM PREVIOUS RAIN...WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES OF          
  SMALL STREAMS WHEREVER THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAPPENS TO FALL. PONDING 
  OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...CAN ALSO    
  BE EXPECTED.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4061 7443 4058 7452 4049 7446 4038 7460
      4038 7472 4042 7477 4038 7481 4037 7487
      4035 7486 4034 7494 4030 7488 4014 7501
      4042 7548 4054 7533 4071 7497 4078 7490
      4072 7474 4076 7455 4065 7452 4067 7439

$$

JJM