[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 5/23/2013 1:39:07 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 231738
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
138 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

PAC011-077-232030-
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BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-
138 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 134 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 
HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE FROM SLATINGTON TO ADAMSTOWN 
PENNSYLVANIA. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW NEARLY 1.25 INCHES HAS FALLEN 
WITHIN THE PAST HOUR WITH ANOTHER HALF TO INCH POSSIBLE OVER THE 
NEXT HOUR IN THE ADVISED AREA.

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.

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 4074 7577 4074 7575 4078 7568 4079 7561
      4074 7560 4072 7556 4074 7553 4066 7548
      4067 7543 4064 7541 4017 7594 4034 7618

$$

HEAVENER/JOHNSON