[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 5/23/2013 10:11:19 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 240209
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1009 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

NJC027-240830-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS NJ-
1009 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 430 AM EDT FRIDAY

* AT 1005 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ADVANCING FROM EASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* THE GAUGE OBSERVATION ON THE EAST DITCH AT BEAVER BROOK ROAD
  WAS 2.8 FEET AT 835 PM. THE LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGH THE
  REST OF THE EVENING, BUT RISE AGAIN WITH THE ARRIVAL OF SHOWERS
  AND THUNDERSTORMS. A STAGE OF 2.5 FEET RESULTS IN FLOODING
  ON BEAVER BROOK ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. 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.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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LAT...LON 4089 7427 4090 7433 4089 7434 4089 7436
      4096 7436 4097 7428 4094 7428 4093 7429
      4091 7427

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