[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 3/12/2013 2:52:44 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 121850
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
250 PM EDT TUE MAR 12 2013

PAC091-122145-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY PA-
250 PM EDT TUE MAR 12 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 248 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEARLY 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. THE 
GAGE AT EAST GREENVILLE ON THE PERKIOMEN CREEK HAS BEEN STEADILY 
RISING AND WILL SURPASS ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 4 FEET WITHIN THE NEXT 30 
MINUTES.

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 ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

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LAT...LON 4041 7557 4044 7553 4037 7540 4025 7539
      4027 7567

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HEAVENER



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