[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 5/23/2013 11:12:56 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 240312
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1112 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

NJC037-041-240715-
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WARREN NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
1112 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 315 AM EDT

* AT 1111 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
  RAIN ENTERING NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO
  TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AS 
  THEY MOVE ACROSS THE 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.

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.

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 4121 7436 4091 7472 4092 7475 4088 7481
      4084 7482 4079 7488 4065 7519 4076 7519
      4077 7513 4083 7508 4085 7510 4086 7505
      4096 7512 4100 7512 4109 7496 4109 7499
      4118 7489 4124 7487 4133 7479 4136 7469

$$

TFG